violoncello

名词 n.
/ˌvaɪələnˈtʃɛləʊ/|/ˌviːələnˈtʃɛləʊ/    /ˌvaɪələnˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of cello.
    — A tentative violoncello is playing, invisible and plaintive, then stops with an asthmatic scrape of catgut.

词形变化

violoncellos plural violoncelli plural

词源

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).
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