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arpeggione

arpeggione noun: a six-stringed musical instrument of the 19th century, fretted and tuned like a guitar but bowed like a cello, and held vertically between the knees.

Noun

arpeggione (plural arpeggiones)

  1. A six-stringed musical instrument of the 19th century, fretted and tuned like a guitar but bowed like a cello, and held vertically between the knees.
    • Whether it is better on the original arpeggione, I am helpless to say.2007 February 1, Bernard Holland, “Schubert Whispers, Grieg Booms”, in New York Times

Synonyms of arpeggione

Forms of arpeggione

pluralarpeggiones

Origin of arpeggione

Borrowed from Italian arpeggio + -one.

Words formed from arpeggione

Questions about arpeggione

What does arpeggione mean?
Arpeggione means a six-stringed musical instrument of the 19th century, fretted and tuned like a guitar but bowed like a cello, and held vertically between the knees.
What part of speech is arpeggione?
Arpeggione is a noun.
What is the plural of arpeggione?
The plural of arpeggione is arpeggiones.

Words near arpeggione in the dictionary

  1. arpeggiator
  2. arpeggiators
  3. arpeggio
  4. arpeggioed
  5. arpeggioing
  6. arpeggione
  7. arpeggiones
  8. arpeggionist
  9. arpeggionists
  10. arpeggios
  11. arpen

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