/ˈtʃɛləʊ/, /ˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/
OriginClipping 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).
- 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.
“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.”
“And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second v”
“Fitzgerald saw that Hemingway, oppressed by his mother's influence, was "still rebelling against having been made to take cello lessons when growing up."”
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“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!”
Formscellos(plural) · celli(plural, rare) · 'cello(alternative)