cello

See also: Cello, çello, -cello, and 'cello

English

A cello.

Etymology 1

Shortening of violoncello.

Alternative forms

(dated) 'cello

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɛləʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɛloʊ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛləʊ

Noun

cello (plural cellos or celli)

(music) A large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings, tuned from lowest to highest C-G-D-A, and played with a bow, also possessing an endpin to support the instrument's weight.

Synonyms

violoncello

Meronyms

parts of a cello

back
bout
- upper bout
- c-bout
- lower bout
bridge
endpin, spike, tail spike
- endpin stopper
f-hole, sound hole
fine tuner
fingerboard
front, top, belly, table
neck
purfling, edgework

rib
- upper rib
- c-rib
- lower rib
saddle
scroll
- peg
- pegbox
- nut
shoulder
sound post
string
tailgut
tailpiece
waist

Derived terms

Translations

musical instrument

Afrikaans: tjello
Albanian: celo
Amharic: ቫዮሊን (vayolin)
Arabic: تْشِيلُو‎‎ (tšīlū)
Armenian: թավջութակ (hy) (tʿavǰutʿak)
Asturian: violonchelu m
Basque: txelo
Bavarian: Violoncello
Belarusian: віяланчэ́ль f (vijalančélʹ)
Bulgarian: виолончело (violončelo)
Catalan: violoncel (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 大提琴 (daaih tàih kàhm)

Mandarin: 大提琴 (zh) (dàtíqín)
Chuvash: виолончель (violončelʹ)
Corsican: viulunceddu
Czech: violoncello n
Danish: cello (da) c
Dutch: cello (nl) m
Esperanto: violonĉelo
Estonian: tšello
Faroese: sello f
Finnish: sello (fi)
French: violoncelle (fr) m
Galician: violoncello (gl) m, violonchelo (gl) m
Georgian: ჩელო (čelo)
German: Cello (de) n, Violoncello (de) n
Greek: βιολοντσέλο (el) n (violontsélo), τσέλο (el) n (tsélo)
Hebrew: צ'לו‎‎ (he)
Hungarian: cselló (hu), gordonka (hu)
Icelandic: selló (is) n, knéfiðla (is) f
Ido: violoncelo (io)
Ilocano: tselo
Indonesian: cello, violoncello, selo (id)
Irish: dordveidhil f
Italian: violoncello (it) m
Japanese: チェロ (ja) (chero)
Javanese: cello
Korean: 첼로 (chello)
Latin: violoncellum
Latvian: čells
Lithuanian: violončelė
Low German: violoncello
Dutch Low Saxon: cello

Luxembourgish: cello
Macedonian: виолончело n (violončelo)
Malay: selo
Malayalam: ചെല്ലോ (cellō)
Marathi: चेलो m (celo)
Mongolian: ᠸᠢᠦᠯᠦᠨᠼᠧᠯ (wiülüncēl)
Norman: bâsse dé viole f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: cello (no) m

Nynorsk: cello m
Occitan: violoncèl
Pashto: رالیږونکي‎‎
Persian: ویولنسل‎‎ (viyolonsel)
Polish: wiolonczela (pl) f
Portuguese: violoncelo (pt) m
Quechua: chilu, chilu
Romanian: violoncel (ro) n
Russian: виолонче́ль (ru) f (violončélʹ)
Saterland Frisian: Violoncello
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: виоло̀нчело m

Roman: violònčelo (sh) m
Slovak: violončelo
Slovene: čelo (sl) m, violončelo (sl) m
Spanish: chelo (es) m, violonchelo (es) m
Swahili: chelo
Swedish: cello (sv) c
Tagalog: biyolonselo, tselo
Tamil: செலோ (celō)
Telugu: సెల్లో (sellō)
Thai: เชลโล (chaynloh)
Turkish: viyolonsel (tr), çello (tr)
Turkmen: sello
Ukrainian: віолончель (violončelʹ)
Urdu: وائلن نما ساز‎‎ (violen numa saaz)
Uyghur: چوڭ ئىسكىروپكا‎‎ (chong iskiropka)
Uzbek: sello, violonchel (uz)
Vietnamese: đàn viôlôngxen, xelô
Volapük: col (vo)
Welsh: soddgrwth m, sielo
West Frisian: sello
Xhosa: icello
Yiddish: טשעלא‎‎ (tshelo)

References

1999. The Cambridge Companion to the Cello. Robin Stowell. Pg. 1.

Etymology 2

Shortening of cellophane.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛləʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛloʊ/
Rhymes: -ɛləʊ

Noun

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

Colle

Danish

Noun

cello c (singular definite celloen, plural indefinite celloer)

cello

Inflection

Declension of cello

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	cello	celloen	celloer	celloerne
genitive	cellos	celloens	celloers	celloernes

Synonyms

violoncel c

Related terms

cellist c

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

cello m (plural cello's, diminutive cellootje n)

(music) cello

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian violoncello

Noun

cello m (definite singular celloen, indefinite plural celloer, definite plural celloene)

(music) a cello

References

“cello” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian violoncello

Noun

cello m (definite singular celloen, indefinite plural celloar, definite plural celloane)

(music) a cello

References

“cello” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

cello c

(music) cello

Declension

Declension of cello
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cello	cellon	cellor	cellorna
Genitive	cellos	cellons	cellors	cellornas

Related terms

cellist

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