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Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Cello

Violoncello

Violincello

Stehgeige

Karzer

Violincello, Zelle, Karzer

Violoncell

Synonyme

violoncello

bass-viol

'cello

Übersetzungen

violoncelle

violoncello

violoncelo

violoncelo

violonchelo

βιολοντσέλο

violoncel

cello

chelo

τσέλο

viyolonsel

violoncel

violonvello

celo

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈtʃɛləʊ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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).