He's a great cellist.
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Cellist
//ˈt͡ʃɛlɪst//
Synonyms for "cellist" (5 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (2)
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60 translations across 35 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- թավջութակահար noun (person who plays the cello)
Belarusian
2 entries- віяланчалі́ст noun (person who plays the cello)
- віяланчалі́стка noun (person who plays the cello)
Bulgarian
2 entries- виолончели́ст noun (person who plays the cello)
- виолончели́стка noun (person who plays the cello)
Catalan
1 entries- violoncel·lista noun (person who plays the cello)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 大提琴家 noun (person who plays the cello)
- 大提琴手 noun (person who plays the cello)
Czech
2 entries- violoncellista noun (person who plays the cello)
- violoncellistka noun (person who plays the cello)
Danish
2 entries- cellist noun (person who plays the cello)
- violoncellist noun (person who plays the cello)
Dutch
2 entries- cellist noun (person who plays the cello)
- violoncellist noun (person who plays the cello)
Esperanto
1 entries- violonĉelisto noun (person who plays the cello)
Estonian
2 entries- tšellist noun (person who plays the cello)
- tšellomängija noun (person who plays the cello)
Finnish
2 entries- sellisti noun (person who plays the cello)
- sellonsoittaja noun (person who plays the cello)
French
1 entries- violoncelliste noun (person who plays the cello)
German
4 entries- Cellist noun (person who plays the cello)
- Cellistin noun (person who plays the cello)
- Cellospieler noun (person who plays the cello)
- Cellospielerin noun (person who plays the cello)
Greek
3 entries- βιολοντσελίστας noun (person who plays the cello)
- τσελίστα noun (person who plays the cello)
- τσελίστας noun (person who plays the cello)
Hungarian
2 entries- csellista noun (person who plays the cello)
- gordonkás noun (person who plays the cello)
Icelandic
1 entries- sellóleikari noun (person who plays the cello)
Indonesian
1 entries- selis noun (person who plays the cello)
Irish
1 entries- dordveidhleadóir noun (person who plays the cello)
Italian
1 entries- violoncellista noun (person who plays the cello)
Japanese
1 entries- チェリスト noun (person who plays the cello)
Kazakh
1 entries- виолончельші noun (person who plays the cello)
Korean
1 entries- 첼리스트 noun (person who plays the cello)
Lithuanian
2 entries- violončèlininkas noun (person who plays the cello)
- violončèlininkė noun (person who plays the cello)
Macedonian
2 entries- виолончели́ст noun (person who plays the cello)
- виолончели́стка noun (person who plays the cello)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- cellist noun (person who plays the cello)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- cellist noun (person who plays the cello)
Polish
2 entries- wiolonczelista noun (person who plays the cello)
- wiolonczelistka noun (person who plays the cello)
Portuguese
1 entries- violoncelista noun (person who plays the cello)
Russian
2 entries- виолончели́ст noun (person who plays the cello)
- виолончели́стка noun (person who plays the cello)
Slovak
2 entries- violončelista noun (person who plays the cello)
- violončelistka noun (person who plays the cello)
Spanish
3 entries- chelista noun (person who plays the cello)
- violoncelista noun (person who plays the cello)
- violonchelista noun (person who plays the cello)
Swedish
2 entries- cellist noun (person who plays the cello)
- cellospelare noun (person who plays the cello)
Turkish
1 entries- çellocu noun (person who plays the cello)
Ukrainian
2 entries- віолончелі́ст noun (person who plays the cello)
- віолончелі́стка noun (person who plays the cello)
Volapük
3 entries- colan noun (person who plays the cello)
- hicolan noun (person who plays the cello)
- jicolan noun (person who plays the cello)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Ziri is a cellist.
Source: tatoeba (10210038)
Ziri became a cellist.
Source: tatoeba (10210039)
Mister Stern supported and guided younger classical musicians. They include violinists Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and pianist Yefim Bronfman.
Source: tatoeba (12280776)
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