cello
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Clipping of violoncello, the original name, from Italian violoncello (“little violone”), from violone (“an early form of the double bass”) + -cello (“-elle”, forming diminutives), violone (“big viola”) itself being derived from viola + -one (“-oon”, forming augmentatives).
Alternative forms edit
- (dated) 'cello
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɛləʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛləʊ
Noun edit
cello (plural cellos or (rare) celli)
- A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.
- 2006 Nov. 22, Rob Paravonian, "Pachabel Rant", 00:00:33:
- I haven't always been this cool because I haven't always played guitar. I started out on the cello. Yeah, the cello is a wonderful, beautiful instrument. It's cool to be an adult that plays the cello. Being a kid that played the cello sucked, cause there's no way to be cool when your instrument is larger than you. When you walk to school with a cello you're like a wounded gazelle on the Serengeti, man. The bullies just smell you coming from a mile away.
- 2020 Aug. 9, Jeffrey Meyers, "Fitzgerald and Hemingway: A Tortured Friendship", The Article:
- Fitzgerald saw that Hemingway, oppressed by his mother's influence, was "still rebelling against having been made to take cello lessons when growing up."
- Synonym: violoncello
- 2006 Nov. 22, Rob Paravonian, "Pachabel Rant", 00:00:33:
Meronyms edit
parts of a cello
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Tokelauan: helo
Translations edit
musical instrument
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References edit
- Robin Stowell (1999) The Cambridge Companion to the Cello, page 1
Etymology 2 edit
Shortening of cellophane.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cello (uncountable)
- cellophane
- 2011, Ava Carroll-Brown, Where Is Your Mother?:
- Chocolates arranged in a candy dish or basket, antique or purchased in accordance to[sic] the personal taste of the host/hostess, wrapped with cello wrap and tied with a lovely ribbon—decadent!
Anagrams edit
Basque edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cello inan
- (proscribed) cello
- Synonym: biolontxelo
Declension edit
Declension of cello (inanimate, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | cello | celloa | celloak |
| ergative | cellok | celloak | celloek |
| dative | cellori | celloari | celloei |
| genitive | celloren | celloaren | celloen |
| comitative | cellorekin | celloarekin | celloekin |
| causative | cellorengatik | celloarengatik | celloengatik |
| benefactive | cellorentzat | celloarentzat | celloentzat |
| instrumental | celloz | celloaz | celloez |
| inessive | cellotan | celloan | celloetan |
| locative | cellotako | celloko | celloetako |
| allative | cellotara | cellora | celloetara |
| terminative | cellotaraino | celloraino | celloetaraino |
| directive | cellotarantz | cellorantz | celloetarantz |
| destinative | cellotarako | cellorako | celloetarako |
| ablative | cellotatik | cellotik | celloetatik |
| partitive | cellorik | — | — |
| prolative | cellotzat | — | — |
Further reading edit
- "cello" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
Danish edit
Noun edit
cello c (singular definite celloen, plural indefinite celloer)
Inflection edit
Declension of cello
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | cello | celloen | celloer | celloerne |
| genitive | cellos | celloens | celloers | celloernes |
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
- cellist c
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Shortening of violoncello, from Italian violoncello. Influenced by German Cello.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cello m (plural cello's, diminutive cellootje n)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Italian violoncello.
Noun edit
cello m (definite singular celloen, indefinite plural celloer, definite plural celloene)
References edit
- “cello” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Italian violoncello.
Noun edit
cello m (definite singular celloen, indefinite plural celloar, definite plural celloane)
References edit
- “cello” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Italian cello.
Noun edit
cello n (uncountable)
Declension edit
Swedish edit
Noun edit
cello c
Declension edit
| Declension of cello | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | cello | cellon | cellor, celli | cellorna |
| Genitive | cellos | cellons | cellors, cellis | cellornas |