I have an interest in cello and piano.
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Cello
//ˈtʃɛləʊ//
Synonyms for "cello" (98 found)
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Strong matches (29)
Related words (49)
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2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesat location
7 entriesderived
9 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
1 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
7 entriesmeronym
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
part of
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriesused for
8 entriesTranslations
115 translations across 91 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- tjello noun (musical instrument)
Albanian
1 entries- celo noun (musical instrument)
Amharic
1 entries- ቫዮሊን noun (musical instrument)
Arabic
3 entries- تْشِلُّو noun (musical instrument)
- تْشِيلُّو noun (musical instrument)
- تْشِيلُّو noun (musical instrument)
Armenian
1 entries- թավջութակ noun (musical instrument)
Asturian
1 entries- violonchelu noun (musical instrument)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- violonçel noun (musical instrument)
Basque
1 entries- txelo noun (musical instrument)
Bavarian German
1 entries- Violoncello noun (musical instrument)
Belarusian
2 entries- віяланчэ́ль noun (musical instrument)
- віялянчэ́ль noun (musical instrument)
Bulgarian
1 entries- виолонче́ло noun (musical instrument)
Catalan
1 entries- violoncel noun (musical instrument)
Chinese
1 entries- 大提琴 noun (musical instrument)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 大提琴 noun (musical instrument)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 大提琴 noun (musical instrument)
Chuvash
1 entries- виолончель noun (musical instrument)
Corsican
1 entries- viulunceddu noun (musical instrument)
Czech
1 entries- violoncello noun (musical instrument)
Danish
1 entries- cello noun (musical instrument)
Dutch
1 entries- cello noun (musical instrument)
Dutch Low Saxon
1 entries- cello noun (musical instrument)
Esperanto
1 entries- violonĉelo noun (musical instrument)
Estonian
1 entries- tšello noun (musical instrument)
Faroese
1 entries- sello noun (musical instrument)
Finnish
1 entries- sello noun (musical instrument)
French
1 entries- violoncelle noun (musical instrument)
Galician
2 entries- violoncello noun (musical instrument)
- violonchelo noun (musical instrument)
Georgian
2 entries- ვიოლონჩელი noun (musical instrument)
- ჩელო noun (musical instrument)
German
2 entries- Cello noun (musical instrument)
- Violoncello noun (musical instrument)
Greek
2 entries- βιολοντσέλο noun (musical instrument)
- τσέλο noun (musical instrument)
Greenlandic
1 entries- agiarsuaq noun (musical instrument)
Hebrew
1 entries- צֶ׳לוֹ noun (musical instrument)
Hindi
1 entries- सेलो noun (musical instrument)
Hungarian
3 entries- cselló noun (musical instrument)
- gordonka noun (musical instrument)
- kisbőgő noun (musical instrument)
Icelandic
2 entries- knéfiðla noun (musical instrument)
- selló noun (musical instrument)
Ido
1 entries- violoncelo noun (musical instrument)
Ilocano
1 entries- tselo noun (musical instrument)
Indonesian
1 entries- selo noun (musical instrument)
Irish
1 entries- dordveidhil noun (musical instrument)
Italian
1 entries- violoncello noun (musical instrument)
Japanese
2 entries- チェロ noun (musical instrument)
- ヴィオロンチェロ noun (musical instrument)
Javanese
1 entries- cello noun (musical instrument)
Kazakh
1 entries- виолончель noun (musical instrument)
Korean
2 entries- 비올론첼로 noun (musical instrument)
- 첼로 noun (musical instrument)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- виолончель noun (musical instrument)
Latin
1 entries- violoncellum noun (musical instrument)
Latvian
1 entries- čells noun (musical instrument)
Lithuanian
1 entries- violončelė noun (musical instrument)
Low German
1 entries- violoncello noun (musical instrument)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Cello noun (musical instrument)
Macedonian
1 entries- виолончело noun (musical instrument)
Malay
1 entries- selo noun (musical instrument)
Malayalam
1 entries- ചെല്ലോ noun (musical instrument)
Marathi
1 entries- चेलो noun (musical instrument)
Mongolian
3 entries- виолончель noun (musical instrument)
- морин хийл noun (musical instrument)
- ᠸᠢᠦᠯᠦᠨᠼᠧᠯ noun (musical instrument)
Norman
1 entries- bâsse dé viole noun (musical instrument)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- cello noun (musical instrument)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- cello noun (musical instrument)
Occitan
1 entries- violoncèl noun (musical instrument)
Pashto
1 entries- رالیږونکي noun (musical instrument)
Persian
1 entries- ویولنسل noun (musical instrument)
Piedmontese
1 entries- violonsel noun (musical instrument)
Polish
1 entries- wiolonczela noun (musical instrument)
Portuguese
1 entries- violoncelo noun (musical instrument)
Quechua
2 entries- chilu noun (musical instrument)
- chilu noun (musical instrument)
Romanian
1 entries- violoncel noun (musical instrument)
Russian
1 entries- виолонче́ль noun (musical instrument)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- Violoncello noun (musical instrument)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- violònčelo noun (musical instrument)
- виоло̀нчело noun (musical instrument)
Slovak
1 entries- violončelo noun (musical instrument)
Slovene
2 entries- violončelo noun (musical instrument)
- čelo noun (musical instrument)
Spanish
3 entries- chelo noun (musical instrument)
- violoncelo noun (musical instrument)
- violonchelo noun (musical instrument)
Swahili
1 entries- chelo noun (musical instrument)
Swedish
1 entries- cello noun (musical instrument)
Tagalog
2 entries- biyolonselo noun (musical instrument)
- tselo noun (musical instrument)
Tajik
1 entries- виолончел noun (musical instrument)
Tamil
1 entries- செலோ noun (musical instrument)
Telugu
1 entries- సెల్లో noun (musical instrument)
Thai
1 entries- เชลโล noun (musical instrument)
Turkish
2 entries- viyolonsel noun (musical instrument)
- çello noun (musical instrument)
Turkmen
1 entries- wiolonçel noun (musical instrument)
Ukrainian
1 entries- віолонче́ль noun (musical instrument)
Urdu
1 entries- وائلن نما ساز noun (musical instrument)
Uyghur
1 entries- چوڭ ئىسكىروپكا noun (musical instrument)
Uzbek
2 entries- sello noun (musical instrument)
- violonchel noun (musical instrument)
Vietnamese
2 entries- vi-ô-lông-xen noun (musical instrument)
- xe-lô noun (musical instrument)
Volapük
1 entries- col noun (musical instrument)
Welsh
2 entries- sielo noun (musical instrument)
- soddgrwth noun (musical instrument)
West-Frisian
1 entries- sello noun (musical instrument)
Xhosa
1 entries- icello noun (musical instrument)
Yiddish
1 entries- טשעלאָ noun (musical instrument)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Olga has been playing the cello since she was 8 years old.
Source: tatoeba (441807)
He plays cello exceptionally well.
Source: tatoeba (478557)
This video is of interest to anyone who likes classical music and the cello in particular.
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