"cello" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtʃɛləʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/ [US] Audio: En-us-cello.ogg Forms: cellos [plural], celli [plural, rare]
Rhymes: -ɛləʊ Etymology: Clipping of violoncello, the original name, from Italian violoncello (“little violone”), from violone (“an early form of the double bass”) + -cello (“-elle”, forming diminutives), violone (“big viola”) itself being derived from viola + -one (“-oon”, forming augmentatives). Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|violoncello}} Clipping of violoncello, {{der|en|it|violoncello||little violone}} Italian violoncello (“little violone”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|celli|pl2qual=rare}} cello (plural cellos or (rare) celli)
  1. A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow. Categories (topical): String instruments Synonyms: violoncello, 'cello [dated] Derived forms: cellist, celloist, cellolike, cello player, electric cello, guitar cello, guitar-cello, mandocello, violoncello Translations (musical instrument): tjello (Afrikaans), celo (Albanian), ቫዮሊን (vayolin) (Amharic), تْشِيلُّو (tšīllū) (Arabic), تْشِيلُّو (tšēllu) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), تْشِلُّو (tšillu) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), թավջութակ (tʻavǰutʻak) (Armenian), violonchelu [masculine] (Asturian), violonçel (Azerbaijani), txelo (Basque), Violoncello (Bavarian), віяланчэ́ль (vijalančélʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), віялянчэ́ль (vijaljančélʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), виолонче́ло (violončélo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), violoncel [masculine] (Catalan), 大提琴 (tōa-thê-khîm) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 大提琴 (daai⁶ tai⁴ kam⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 大提琴 (dàtíqín) (Chinese Mandarin), виолончель (violonč̬elʹ) (Chuvash), viulunceddu (Corsican), violoncello [neuter] (Czech), cello [common-gender] (Danish), cello [masculine] (Dutch), cello (Dutch Low Saxon), violonĉelo (Esperanto), tšello (Estonian), sello [feminine] (Faroese), sello (Finnish), violoncelle [masculine] (French), violoncello [masculine] (Galician), violonchelo [masculine] (Galician), ჩელო (čelo) (Georgian), ვიოლონჩელი (violončeli) (Georgian), Cello [neuter] (German), Violoncello [neuter] (German), βιολοντσέλο (violontsélo) [neuter] (Greek), τσέλο (tsélo) [neuter] (Greek), agiarsuaq (Greenlandic), צֶ׳לוֹ (chelo) [masculine] (Hebrew), सेलो (selo) (Hindi), cselló (Hungarian), gordonka (Hungarian), kisbőgő (Hungarian), selló [neuter] (Icelandic), knéfiðla [feminine] (Icelandic), violoncelo (Ido), tselo (Ilocano), selo (Indonesian), dordveidhil [feminine] (Irish), violoncello [masculine] (Italian), チェロ (chero) (Japanese), ヴィオロンチェロ (vioronchero) (Japanese), cello (Javanese), виолончель (violonçel) (Kazakh), 첼로 (chello) (Korean), 비올론첼로 (biollonchello) (Korean), виолончель (violoncel) (Kyrgyz), violoncellum (Latin), čells [masculine] (Latvian), violončelė [feminine] (Lithuanian), violoncello (Low German), Cello (Luxembourgish), виолончело (violončelo) [neuter] (Macedonian), selo (Malay), ചെല്ലോ (cellō) (Malayalam), चेलो (celo) [masculine] (Marathi), виолончель (violončelʹ) (Mongolian), морин хийл (morin xiil) (Mongolian), ᠸᠢᠦᠯᠦᠨᠼᠧᠯ (wiülüncēl) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), bâsse dé viole [feminine] (Norman), cello [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), cello [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), violoncèl (Occitan), رالیږونکي (Pashto), ویولنسل (viyolonsel) (Persian), violonsel [masculine] (Piedmontese), wiolonczela [feminine] (Polish), violoncelo [masculine] (Portuguese), chilu (Quechua), violoncel [neuter] (Romanian), виолонче́ль (violončélʹ) [feminine] (Russian), Violoncello (Saterland Frisian), виоло̀нчело [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), violònčelo [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), violončelo [neuter] (Slovak), čelo [masculine] (Slovene), violončelo [masculine] (Slovene), chelo [masculine] (Spanish), violonchelo [masculine] (Spanish), chelo (Swahili), cello [common-gender] (Swedish), biyolonselo (Tagalog), tselo (Tagalog), виолончел (violončel) (Tajik), செலோ (celō) (Tamil), సెల్లో (sellō) (Telugu), เชลโล (chen-lôo) (Thai), viyolonsel (Turkish), çello (Turkish), wiolonçel (Turkmen), віолонче́ль (violončélʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), وائلن نما ساز (violen numa saaz) (Urdu), چوڭ ئىسكىروپكا (chong iskiropka) (Uyghur), sello (Uzbek), violonchel (Uzbek), vi-ô-lông-xen (Vietnamese), xe-lô (Vietnamese), col (Volapük), soddgrwth [masculine] (Welsh), sielo (Welsh), sello (West Frisian), icello (Xhosa), טשעלאָ (tshelo) (Yiddish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛləʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɛloʊ/ [US]
Rhymes: -ɛləʊ Etymology: Shortening of cellophane. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cello (uncountable)
  1. cellophane Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-cello-en-noun-sPZh4wzA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "String instruments",
          "orig": "en:String instruments",
          "parents": [
            "Musical instruments",
            "Music",
            "Tools",
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Technology",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "cellist"
        },
        {
          "word": "celloist"
        },
        {
          "word": "cellolike"
        },
        {
          "word": "cello player"
        },
        {
          "word": "electric cello"
        },
        {
          "word": "guitar cello"
        },
        {
          "word": "guitar-cello"
        },
        {
          "word": "mandocello"
        },
        {
          "word": "violoncello"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006 Nov. 22, Rob Paravonian, \"Pachabel Rant\", 00:00:33",
          "text": "I haven't always been this cool because I haven't always played guitar. I started out on the cello. Yeah, the cello is a wonderful, beautiful instrument. It's cool to be an adult that plays the cello. Being a kid that played the cello sucked, cause there's no way to be cool when your instrument is larger than you. When you walk to school with a cello you're like a wounded gazelle on the Serengeti, man. The bullies just smell you coming from a mile away."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 Aug. 9, Jeffrey Meyers, \"Fitzgerald and Hemingway: A Tortured Friendship\", The Article",
          "text": "Fitzgerald saw that Hemingway, oppressed by his mother's influence, was \"still rebelling against having been made to take cello lessons when growing up.\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow."
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          "large",
          "large"
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          "unfretted",
          "unfretted"
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        [
          "stringed instrument",
          "stringed instrument"
        ],
        [
          "violin",
          "violin"
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        [
          "family",
          "family"
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        [
          "four",
          "four"
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          "string",
          "string"
        ],
        [
          "tune",
          "tune"
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          "lowest",
          "lowest"
        ],
        [
          "highest",
          "highest"
        ],
        [
          "C",
          "C"
        ],
        [
          "G",
          "G"
        ],
        [
          "D",
          "D"
        ],
        [
          "A",
          "A"
        ],
        [
          "endpin",
          "endpin"
        ],
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ],
        [
          "weight",
          "weight"
        ],
        [
          "usually",
          "usually"
        ],
        [
          "play",
          "play"
        ],
        [
          "bow",
          "bow"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "back"
        },
        {
          "word": "bridge"
        },
        {
          "word": "f-hole"
        },
        {
          "word": "sound hole"
        },
        {
          "word": "fine tuner"
        },
        {
          "word": "fingerboard"
        },
        {
          "word": "front"
        },
        {
          "word": "top"
        },
        {
          "word": "belly"
        },
        {
          "word": "table"
        },
        {
          "word": "neck"
        },
        {
          "word": "purfling"
        },
        {
          "word": "edgework"
        },
        {
          "word": "saddle"
        },
        {
          "word": "shoulder"
        },
        {
          "word": "sound post"
        },
        {
          "word": "string"
        },
        {
          "word": "tailgut"
        },
        {
          "word": "tailpiece"
        },
        {
          "word": "waist"
        },
        {
          "sense": "bout",
          "word": "upper bout"
        },
        {
          "sense": "bout",
          "word": "c-bout"
        },
        {
          "sense": "bout",
          "word": "lower bout"
        },
        {
          "sense": "endpin, spike, tail spike",
          "word": "endpin stopper"
        },
        {
          "sense": "rib",
          "word": "upper rib"
        },
        {
          "sense": "rib",
          "word": "c-rib"
        },
        {
          "sense": "rib",
          "word": "lower rib"
        },
        {
          "sense": "scroll",
          "word": "peg"
        },
        {
          "sense": "scroll",
          "word": "pegbox"
        },
        {
          "sense": "scroll",
          "word": "nut"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "violoncello"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "'cello"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "tjello"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "celo"
        },
        {
          "code": "am",
          "lang": "Amharic",
          "roman": "vayolin",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "ቫዮሊን"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tšīllū",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "تْشِيلُّو"
        },
        {
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tšēllu",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "Hijazi-Arabic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "تْشِيلُّو"
        },
        {
          "code": "acw",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tšillu",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "Hijazi-Arabic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "تْشِلُّو"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "tʻavǰutʻak",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "թավջութակ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "violonchelu"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "violonçel"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "txelo"
        },
        {
          "code": "bar",
          "lang": "Bavarian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "Violoncello"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vijalančélʹ",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "віяланчэ́ль"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vijaljančélʹ",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "віялянчэ́ль"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "violončélo",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "виолонче́ло"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "violoncel"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "daai⁶ tai⁴ kam⁴",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "大提琴"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "tōa-thê-khîm",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "大提琴"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàtíqín",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "大提琴"
        },
        {
          "code": "cv",
          "lang": "Chuvash",
          "roman": "violonč̬elʹ",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "виолончель"
        },
        {
          "code": "co",
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "viulunceddu"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "violoncello"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "cello"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cello"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "violonĉelo"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "tšello"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sello"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "sello"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "violoncelle"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "violoncello"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "violonchelo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "čelo",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "ჩელო"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "violončeli",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "ვიოლონჩელი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Cello"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Violoncello"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "violontsélo",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "βιολοντσέλο"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "tsélo",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "τσέλο"
        },
        {
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "agiarsuaq"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "chelo",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "צֶ׳לוֹ"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "selo",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "सेलो"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "cselló"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "gordonka"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "kisbőgő"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "selló"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "knéfiðla"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "violoncelo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ilo",
          "lang": "Ilocano",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "tselo"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "selo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dordveidhil"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "violoncello"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chero",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "チェロ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "vioronchero",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "ヴィオロンチェロ"
        },
        {
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "cello"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "violonçel",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "виолончель"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "chello",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "첼로"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "biollonchello",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "비올론첼로"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "violoncel",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "виолончель"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "violoncellum"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "čells"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "violončelė"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "violoncello"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds-nl",
          "lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "cello"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "Cello"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "violončelo",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "виолончело"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "selo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "cellō",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "ചെല്ലോ"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "celo",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "चेलो"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "violončelʹ",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "виолончель"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "morin xiil",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "морин хийл"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "wiülüncēl",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠸᠢᠦᠯᠦᠨᠼᠧᠯ"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bâsse dé viole"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cello"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cello"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "violoncèl"
        },
        {
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "رالیږونکي"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "viyolonsel",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "ویولنسل"
        },
        {
          "code": "pms",
          "lang": "Piedmontese",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "violonsel"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wiolonczela"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "violoncelo"
        },
        {
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "chilu"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "violoncel"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "violončélʹ",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "виолонче́ль"
        },
        {
          "code": "stq",
          "lang": "Saterland Frisian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "Violoncello"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "виоло̀нчело"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "violònčelo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "violončelo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "čelo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "violončelo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "chelo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "violonchelo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "chelo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
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            "common-gender"
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          "word": "cello"
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        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "biyolonselo"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "tselo"
        },
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          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "violončel",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "виолончел"
        },
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          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "celō",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "செலோ"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "sellō",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "సెల్లో"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "chen-lôo",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "เชลโล"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "viyolonsel"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "çello"
        },
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          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "wiolonçel"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "violončélʹ",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "віолонче́ль"
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        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "violen numa saaz",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "وائلن نما ساز"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "chong iskiropka",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "چوڭ ئىسكىروپكا"
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          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "sello"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "violonchel"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "vi-ô-lông-xen"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "xe-lô"
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          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "col"
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          "code": "cy",
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          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "soddgrwth"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "sielo"
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          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "sello"
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          "code": "xh",
          "lang": "Xhosa",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "icello"
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "tshelo",
          "sense": "musical instrument",
          "word": "טשעלאָ"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtʃɛləʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/",
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        "US"
      ]
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          "ref": "2011, Ava Carroll-Brown, Where Is Your Mother?:",
          "text": "Chocolates arranged in a candy dish or basket, antique or purchased in accordance to^([sic]) the personal taste of the host/hostess, wrapped with cello wrap and tied with a lovely ribbon—decadent!",
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɛləʊ/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɛloʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    "cello"
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    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
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    "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
    "Terms with Basque translations",
    "Terms with Bavarian translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Cantonese translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Chuvash translations",
    "Terms with Corsican translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch Low Saxon translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Greenlandic translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
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    "Terms with Hindi translations",
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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Ilocano translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Javanese translations",
    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
    "Terms with Low German translations",
    "Terms with Luxembourgish translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
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    "Terms with Malayalam translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Marathi translations",
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    "Terms with Norman translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Occitan translations",
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    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Piedmontese translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
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    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    "Terms with Slovak translations",
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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swahili translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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    "Terms with Tajik translations",
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    "Terms with Telugu translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Turkmen translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Urdu translations",
    "Terms with Uyghur translations",
    "Terms with Uzbek translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
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    "Terms with Xhosa translations",
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    {
      "word": "cellist"
    },
    {
      "word": "celloist"
    },
    {
      "word": "cellolike"
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    {
      "word": "cello player"
    },
    {
      "word": "electric cello"
    },
    {
      "word": "guitar cello"
    },
    {
      "word": "guitar-cello"
    },
    {
      "word": "mandocello"
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      "word": "violoncello"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "back"
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      "sense": "bout",
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      "word": "bridge"
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      "word": "f-hole"
    },
    {
      "word": "sound hole"
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    {
      "word": "fine tuner"
    },
    {
      "word": "fingerboard"
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    {
      "word": "front"
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    {
      "word": "top"
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    {
      "word": "belly"
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    {
      "word": "table"
    },
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      "word": "neck"
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      "word": "purfling"
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      "word": "edgework"
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    },
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      "sense": "scroll",
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    {
      "sense": "scroll",
      "word": "nut"
    },
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      "word": "shoulder"
    },
    {
      "word": "sound post"
    },
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      "word": "string"
    },
    {
      "word": "tailgut"
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      "word": "tailpiece"
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    {
      "word": "waist"
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          "ref": "2006 Nov. 22, Rob Paravonian, \"Pachabel Rant\", 00:00:33",
          "text": "I haven't always been this cool because I haven't always played guitar. I started out on the cello. Yeah, the cello is a wonderful, beautiful instrument. It's cool to be an adult that plays the cello. Being a kid that played the cello sucked, cause there's no way to be cool when your instrument is larger than you. When you walk to school with a cello you're like a wounded gazelle on the Serengeti, man. The bullies just smell you coming from a mile away."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 Aug. 9, Jeffrey Meyers, \"Fitzgerald and Hemingway: A Tortured Friendship\", The Article",
          "text": "Fitzgerald saw that Hemingway, oppressed by his mother's influence, was \"still rebelling against having been made to take cello lessons when growing up.\""
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "tjello"
    },
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "celo"
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      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "vayolin",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "ቫዮሊን"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tšīllū",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "تْشِيلُّو"
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      "code": "acw",
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      "roman": "tšēllu",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "تْشِيلُّو"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tšillu",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تْشِلُّو"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʻavǰutʻak",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "թավջութակ"
    },
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violonchelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "violonçel"
    },
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "txelo"
    },
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      "code": "bar",
      "lang": "Bavarian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "Violoncello"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vijalančélʹ",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "віяланчэ́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vijaljančélʹ",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "віялянчэ́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "violončélo",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "виолонче́ло"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violoncel"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "daai⁶ tai⁴ kam⁴",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "大提琴"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "tōa-thê-khîm",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "大提琴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàtíqín",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "大提琴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "violonč̬elʹ",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "виолончель"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "viulunceddu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "violoncello"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "cello"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cello"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "violonĉelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "tšello"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sello"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "sello"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violoncelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violoncello"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violonchelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "čelo",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "ჩელო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "violončeli",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "ვიოლონჩელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Cello"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Violoncello"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "violontsélo",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "βιολοντσέλο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tsélo",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "τσέλο"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "agiarsuaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "chelo",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "צֶ׳לוֹ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "selo",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "सेलो"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "cselló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "gordonka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "kisbőgő"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "selló"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "knéfiðla"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "violoncelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ilo",
      "lang": "Ilocano",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "tselo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "selo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dordveidhil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violoncello"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chero",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "チェロ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "vioronchero",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "ヴィオロンチェロ"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "cello"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "violonçel",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "виолончель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chello",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "첼로"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "biollonchello",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "비올론첼로"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "violoncel",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "виолончель"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "violoncellum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "čells"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "violončelė"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "violoncello"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-nl",
      "lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "cello"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "Cello"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "violončelo",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "виолончело"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "selo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "cellō",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "ചെല്ലോ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "celo",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "चेलो"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "violončelʹ",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "виолончель"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "morin xiil",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "морин хийл"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "wiülüncēl",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠸᠢᠦᠯᠦᠨᠼᠧᠯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bâsse dé viole"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cello"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cello"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "violoncèl"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "رالیږونکي"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "viyolonsel",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "ویولنسل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pms",
      "lang": "Piedmontese",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violonsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wiolonczela"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violoncelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "chilu"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "chilu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "violoncel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "violončélʹ",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "виолонче́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "stq",
      "lang": "Saterland Frisian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "Violoncello"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "виоло̀нчело"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violònčelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "violončelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "čelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violončelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "violonchelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "chelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "cello"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "biyolonselo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "tselo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "violončel",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "виолончел"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "celō",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "செலோ"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "sellō",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "సెల్లో"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chen-lôo",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "เชลโล"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "viyolonsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "çello"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "wiolonçel"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "violončélʹ",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "віолонче́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "violen numa saaz",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "وائلن نما ساز"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "chong iskiropka",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "چوڭ ئىسكىروپكا"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "sello"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "violonchel"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "vi-ô-lông-xen"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "xe-lô"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "col"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "soddgrwth"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "sielo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "sello"
    },
    {
      "code": "xh",
      "lang": "Xhosa",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "icello"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tshelo",
      "sense": "musical instrument",
      "word": "טשעלאָ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "cello"
  ],
  "word": "cello"
}

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    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛləʊ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛləʊ/2 syllables",
    "en:String instruments"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Shortening of cellophane.",
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        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "cello (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Ava Carroll-Brown, Where Is Your Mother?:",
          "text": "Chocolates arranged in a candy dish or basket, antique or purchased in accordance to^([sic]) the personal taste of the host/hostess, wrapped with cello wrap and tied with a lovely ribbon—decadent!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cellophane"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cellophane",
          "cellophane"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛləʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛloʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛləʊ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "cello"
  ],
  "word": "cello"
}

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