cello

See also Cello, -cello, and 'cello

English

Wikipedia

A cello.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈtʃɛləʊ/
• (US) IPA: /ˈtʃɛloʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛləʊ

Noun

cello (plural cellos or celli)

1. (music) A large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings. (From lowest to highest C-G-D-A)

Synonyms

• violoncello

Derived terms

• cellist

Translations

musical instrument

Afrikaans: tjello (af) Albanian: celo (sq) Armenian: թավջութակ (hy) (t'avǰut'ak) Bosnian: violončelo (bs) m. Bulgarian: виолончело (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 大提琴 (cmn) (dàtíqín) Croatian: violončelo (hr) m. Czech: violoncello (cs) n. Danish: cello (da) c. Dutch: cello (nl) m. Esperanto: violonĉelo (eo) Finnish: sello (fi) French: violoncelle (fr) m. Galician: violoncello (gl) m. German: Cello (de) n., Violoncello (de) n. Greek: βιολοντσέλο (el) (violontsélo) n., τσέλο (el) (tsélo) n. Hungarian: cselló (hu) Icelandic: selló (is) n., knéfiðla (is) f. Irish: dordveidhil (ga) f. Italian: violoncello (it) m.

Japanese: チェロ (ja) Lithuanian: violončelė (lt) Macedonian: виолончело (mk) (violónčelo) n. Mandarin: 大提琴 (cmn) Polish: wiolonczela (pl) f. Portuguese: violoncelo (pt) m. Romanian: violoncel (ro) n. Russian: виолончель (ru) (violončél') f. Serbian: Cyrillic: виолончело (sr) m. Roman: violončelo m. Slovene: čelo (sl) m., violončelo (sl) m. Spanish: chelo (es) m., violonchelo (es) m. Swahili: chelo (sw) Swedish: cello (sv) c. Tagalog: tselo (tl) Turkish: viyolonsel (tr), çello (tr) Vietnamese: đàn viôlôngxen (vi), xelô (vi) Volapük: col (vo) Welsh: soddgrwth (cy) m.

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Danish

Noun

cello c. (singular definite celloen, plural indefinite celloer)

1. cello

Synonyms

• violoncel c.

Related terms

• cellist c.

Inflection

    Inflection of cello

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

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Noun

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

1. (music) cello

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Swedish

Noun

cello c.

1. (music) cello

Declension

Declension of cello

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	cello	cellon	cellor	cellorna
genitive	cellos	cellons	cellors	cellornas

Related terms

• cellist