cello

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Sinonieme

violoncello

bass-viol

'cello

Vertalings

violoncelle

violoncello

Cello

violoncelo

Violoncello

violonchelo

violoncelo

βιολοντσέλο

violoncel

cello

τσέλο

chelo

viyolonsel

violoncel

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈtʃɛləʊ/

Etimologie (Engels)

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).