"cellist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛlɪst/ Audio: En-us-cellist.ogg Forms: cellists [plural]
Etymology: From cello + -ist. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cello|-ist}} cello + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} cellist (plural cellists)
  1. Someone who plays the cello. Synonyms: celloist [rare], cello player, violoncellist Derived forms: electric cellist, mandocellist Translations (person who plays the cello): թավջութակահար (tʻavǰutʻakahar) (Armenian), віяланчалі́ст (vijalančalíst) [masculine] (Belarusian), віяланчалі́стка (vijalančalístka) [feminine] (Belarusian), виолончели́ст (violončelíst) [masculine] (Bulgarian), виолончели́стка (violončelístka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), violoncel·lista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 大提琴手 (dàtíqínshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 大提琴家 (dàtíqínjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), violoncellista [masculine] (Czech), violoncellistka [feminine] (Czech), cellist [common-gender] (Danish), violoncellist [common-gender] (Danish), cellist [masculine] (Dutch), violoncellist [masculine] (Dutch), violonĉelisto (Esperanto), tšellist (Estonian), tšellomängija (Estonian), sellisti (Finnish), sellonsoittaja (Finnish), violoncelliste [feminine, masculine] (French), Cellist [masculine] (German), Cellistin [feminine] (German), Cellospieler [masculine] (German), Cellospielerin [feminine] (German), βιολοντσελίστας (violontselístas) [masculine] (Greek), τσελίστας (tselístas) [masculine] (Greek), τσελίστα (tselísta) [feminine] (Greek), csellista (Hungarian), gordonkás (Hungarian), sellóleikari [masculine] (Icelandic), selis (Indonesian), dordveidhleadóir [masculine] (Irish), violoncellista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), チェリスト (cherisuto) (Japanese), виолончельші (violonçelşı) (Kazakh), 첼리스트 (chelliseuteu) (Korean), violončèlininkas [masculine] (Lithuanian), violončèlininkė [feminine] (Lithuanian), виолончели́ст (violončelíst) [masculine] (Macedonian), виолончели́стка (violončelístka) [feminine] (Macedonian), cellist [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), cellist [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wiolonczelista [masculine] (Polish), wiolonczelistka [feminine] (Polish), violoncelista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), виолончели́ст (violončelíst) [masculine] (Russian), виолончели́стка (violončelístka) [feminine] (Russian), violončelista [masculine] (Slovak), violončelistka [feminine] (Slovak), violonchelista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), violoncelista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), chelista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), cellist [common-gender] (Swedish), cellospelare [common-gender] (Swedish), çellocu (Turkish), віолончелі́ст (violončelíst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), віолончелі́стка (violončelístka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), colan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), hicolan [masculine] (Volapük), jicolan [feminine] (Volapük)

Inflected forms

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            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
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          "sense": "person who plays the cello",
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            "feminine"
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        },
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          "code": "es",
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            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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        },
        {
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "person who plays the cello",
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            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "es",
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            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chelista"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "person who plays the cello",
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        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "sense": "person who plays the cello",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
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          "sense": "person who plays the cello",
          "word": "çellocu"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "віолончелі́ст"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
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          "sense": "person who plays the cello",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "віолончелі́стка"
        },
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          "code": "vo",
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          "sense": "person who plays the cello",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "colan"
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          "code": "vo",
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          "sense": "person who plays the cello",
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        },
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          "code": "vo",
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          "sense": "person who plays the cello",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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        }
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}
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        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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          "text": "And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered.",
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              95
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          "text": "Though relative newcomers to classical music, they seemed closely attuned to the eight cellists onstage, raising their heads abruptly as the piece’s languid strains gave way to rapid-fire bow strokes.",
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      ],
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      "lang_code": "be",
      "roman": "vijalančalístka",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "віяланчалі́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "violončelíst",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "виолончели́ст"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "violončelístka",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "виолончели́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violoncel·lista"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "roman": "dàtíqínshǒu",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "word": "大提琴手"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "dàtíqínjiā",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
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      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "violoncellistka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
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        "common-gender"
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      "word": "cellist"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
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      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "cellist"
    },
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      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "violoncellist"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "word": "violonĉelisto"
    },
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      "code": "et",
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      "lang_code": "et",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "word": "tšellist"
    },
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "word": "tšellomängija"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "word": "sellisti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "word": "sellonsoittaja"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violoncelliste"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cellist"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Cellistin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cellospieler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Cellospielerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "violontselístas",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βιολοντσελίστας"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "tselístas",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "τσελίστας"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "tselísta",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "τσελίστα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "word": "csellista"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "word": "gordonkás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sellóleikari"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "word": "selis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dordveidhleadóir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violoncellista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "cherisuto",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "word": "チェリスト"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "violonçelşı",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "word": "виолончельші"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "chelliseuteu",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "word": "첼리스트"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violončèlininkas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "violončèlininkė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "violončelíst",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "виолончели́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "violončelístka",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "виолончели́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cellist"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cellist"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wiolonczelista"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wiolonczelistka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violoncelista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "violončelíst",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "виолончели́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "violončelístka",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "виолончели́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violončelista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "violončelistka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violonchelista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violoncelista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chelista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "cellist"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "cellospelare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "word": "çellocu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "violončelíst",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "віолончелі́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "violončelístka",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "віолончелі́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "lang_code": "vo",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "lang_code": "vo",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hicolan"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "lang_code": "vo",
      "sense": "person who plays the cello",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jicolan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cellist"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.