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cel·lo

(chĕl′ō)
n. pl. cel·los
A four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, pitched lower than the viola but higher than the double bass.
[Short for violoncello.]
cel′list (chĕl′ĭst) n.
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cello

(ˈtʃɛləʊ)
n, pl -los
(Instruments) music a bowed stringed instrument of the violin family. Range: more than four octaves upwards from C below the bass staff. It has four strings, is held between the knees, and has an extendible metal spike at the lower end, which acts as a support. Full name: violoncello
ˈcellist n
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cel•lo

(ˈtʃɛl oʊ)

n., pl. -los.
the second largest member of the violin family, rested vertically on the floor between the performer's knees when played; violoncello.
[1875–80; short for violoncello]
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Noun 1. [画像:cello - a large stringed instrument]cello - a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
bowed stringed instrument, string - stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"
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Translations
violoncellocello
cello
sello
violončelo
sellóknéfiðla
チェロ
첼로
violončelėviolončelininkas
čells
violončeločelo
cello
ไวโอลินเซลโล
đàn cellođàn viôlôngxenxelô

cello

[ˈtʃeləʊ] N → violoncelo m, violonchelo m
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cello

[ˈtʃɛləʊ] n → violoncelle m
I play the cello → Je joue du violoncelle.
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cello

, ’cello
n → Cello nt
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cello

[ˈtʃɛləʊ] n → violoncello
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cello,

'cello

(ˈtʃeləu) noun
(short for ˈvioloncello) a stringed musical instrument similar to, but much larger than, a violin. tjello آلة موسيقيوَتَرِيَّه تَشْبِهُ الكَمان الكَبير: تشيلو чело violoncelo cello, violoncello das Cello cello βιολοντσέλο violonchelo tšello ویولن بزرگ؛ چلو sello violoncelle צ'לו वायलिन के प्रकार का एक यंत्र čelo cselló celo selló violoncello チェロ 첼로 violončelė čells selo cello cello wiolonczela (مو) يوه اّله ده (لوې وايلون) violoncelo violoncel виолончель (violon)čelo violončelo violončelo cello, violoncell ครื่องสายประเภทหนึ่งมีลักษณะคล้ายไวโอลินขนาดใหญ่ viyolonsel 大提琴 віолончель موسیقی کا ایک ساز đàn xe lô 大提琴
cellist, 'cellist noun
a person who plays the cello. tjellis عازِف على آلة تشيلو الموسيقيه челист violoncelista (violon)cellista der/die Cellist(in) cellist βιολοντσελίστας violonchelista tšellist نوازندۀ ویولن بزرگ sellisti violoncelliste צ'לן इसे बजाने वाला čelist csellista pemain selo sellóleikari violoncellista チェロ奏者 첼로 연주자 violončelininkas čellists pemain selo cellist cellist wiolonczelista د غټ ويلون ساز وهوونكى violoncelista violoncelist виолончелист violončelista, -ka violončelist čelista cellist นักเล่นเชลโล viyolonselci 大提琴手 віолончеліст یہ ساز بجانے والا شخص người chơi đàn xe lô 大提琴手
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cello

→ كَمَانٌ جَهِير violoncello cello Cello τσέλο violoncelo sello violoncelle violončelo violoncello チェロ 첼로 cello cello wiolonczela violoncelo виолончель cello ไวโอลินเซลโล viyolonsel đàn cello 大提琴
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There was a friend who played upon the 'cello. One brought his flute and another his violin, while there were some who sang and a number who performed upon the piano with various degrees of taste and agility.
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The music had started up, and half a block away you could hear the dull "broom, broom" of a cello, with the squeaking of two fiddles which vied with each other in intricate and altitudinous gymnastics.
He is playing a bass part upon his cello, and so the excitement is nothing to him; no matter what happens in the treble, it is his task to saw out one long-drawn and lugubrious note after another, from four o'clock in the afternoon until nearly the same hour next morning, for his third of the total income of one dollar per hour.
During their progress, needless to say, the sounds of the cello are pretty well extinguished; but at last the three are at the head, and Tamoszius takes his station at the right hand of the bride and begins to pour out his soul in melting strains.
In the Britten adagio, which begins with a timpani roll and eases into a rich cello melody, some will prefer Rostropovich's fulsome tone but Muller-Schott's lighter and swifter approach fits better with the restless and uncanny preceding movement marked Presto Inquieto.
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