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violoncelli

violoncelli is the plural of violoncello.

Meaning of violoncello

Noun

violoncello (plural violoncellos or violoncelli)

  1. Synonym of cello.
    • A tentative violoncello is playing, invisible and plaintive, then stops with an asthmatic scrape of catgut.2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 110
    Synonyms:
    cello

Questions about violoncelli

What is violoncelli the plural of?
Violoncelli is the plural of violoncello.

Words near violoncelli in the dictionary

  1. violles
  2. violmaking
  3. viologen
  4. viologens
  5. violon
  6. violoncelli
  7. violoncellist
  8. violoncellists
  9. violoncello
  10. violoncelloes
  11. violoncellos

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