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violoncello

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˌvaɪələnˈtʃɛləʊ/Part of speech nounSorted ceilllnooovStarts with VEnds with O0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing

Word origin

A borrowing of Italian violoncello (“little violone”), from violone (“an early form of the double bass”) + -cello (“-elle”, forming diminutives), violone itself being derived from viola + -one (“-oon”, forming augmentatives).

Used in a sentence

  • A tentative violoncello is playing, invisible and plaintive, then stops with an asthmatic scrape of catgut.

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