cello
UK/ˈtʃɛləʊ//ˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/
cello 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.
Noun (1)
cello (plural cellos or (rare) celli)
- 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. Being a kid that played the cello sucked, cause there's no way to be cool when your instrument is...2006 Nov. 22, Rob Paravonian, "Pachabel Rant", 00:00:33
- 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 violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier...2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
- Synonyms:
- violoncello
Noun (2)
UK/ˈsɛləʊ/US/ˈsɛloʊ/
cello (uncountable)
- cellophane
- 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!2011, Ava Carroll-Brown, Where Is Your Mother?
cello meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cello in Hindi
- musical instrument
- सेलो selo
cello in Tamil
- musical instrument
- செலோ celō
cello in Marathi
- musical instrument
- चेलो celo
cello in Urdu
- musical instrument
- وائلن نما ساز violen numa saaz
More languagesFewer languages
- cello in Bengali
- সেলো
- cello in Telugu
- సెల్లో sellō
- cello in Malayalam
- ചെല്ലോ cellō
- cello in Kannada
- ಸೆಲ್ಲೋ, ಸೆಲ್ಲೊ, ಸೆಲೋ
- cello in Punjabi
- ਸੈਲੋ, ਸੈੱਲੋ
- cello in Gujarati
- સેલો
- cello in Odia
- ସେଲୋ, ସେଲୋ |
- cello in Nepali
- सेलो
- cello in Pashto
- رالیږونکي
- cello in Tagalog
- biyolonselo, tselo
- cello in Arabic
- تْشِيلُّو tšīllū
- cello in Malay
- selo
- cello in Indonesian
- selo
- cello in Persian
- ویولنسل viyolonsel
- cello in Thai
- เชลโล chen-lôo
- cello in Vietnamese
- vi-ô-lông-xen, xe-lô
Examples of cello in a sentence
- Yeah, the cello is a wonderful, beautiful instrument.2006 Nov. 22, Rob Paravonian, "Pachabel Rant", 00:00:33
- Fitzgerald saw that Hemingway, oppressed by his mother's influence, was "still rebelling against having been made to take cello lessons when growing up."2020 Aug. 9, Jeffrey Meyers, "Fitzgerald and Hemingway: A Tortured Friendship", The Article
Synonyms of cello
Forms of cello
| plural | cellos |
|---|---|
| alternative form | 'cello |
| plural (rare) | celli |
Origin of cello
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).
Shortening of cellophane.
Words formed from cello
Phrases with cello
Words that rhyme with cello
10 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about cello
- What does cello mean?
- Cello means 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.
- What is cello in Hindi?
- Cello in Hindi is सेलो (selo). See Cello meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use cello in a sentence?
- Yeah, the cello is a wonderful, beautiful instrument.
- What part of speech is cello?
- Cello is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cello?
- Cello is pronounced /ˈtʃɛləʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cello?
- The plural of cello is cellos.
Words near cello in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cello (page history and authors); cello (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cello (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cello (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cello (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cello (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cello (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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