cello

Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɛləʊ/

The English word “cello” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

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.
cellophane

Etymology

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).

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “cello” there

More English words

cellist
Cellite
cellless
cellmate
cello player
cello scrotum
cellobiase
cellobiohydrolase

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.