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"word": "celloist"
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"word": "electric cello"
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"word": "guitar-cello"
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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."
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{
"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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"sense": "musical instrument",
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"sense": "musical instrument",
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"roman": "vayolin",
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"word": "թավջութակ"
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"sense": "musical instrument",
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"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "daai⁶ tai⁴ kam⁴",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"roman": "violonč̬elʹ",
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"word": "виолончель"
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"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "sello"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "musical instrument",
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"word": "violoncelle"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
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"word": "violoncello"
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
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"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ჩელო"
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"roman": "violončeli",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ვიოლონჩელი"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"word": "Cello"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"word": "Violoncello"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "violontsélo",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"sense": "musical instrument",
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"sense": "musical instrument",
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"word": "צֶ׳לוֹ"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "selo",
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"word": "सेलो"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "gordonka"
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
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"word": "selló"
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "musical instrument",
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "selo"
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"tags": [
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
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"word": "violoncello"
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"code": "ja",
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"word": "チェロ"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "vioronchero",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "ヴィオロンチェロ"
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"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "cello"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "violonçel",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "виолончель"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "chello",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "첼로"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "biollonchello",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "비올론첼로"
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"word": "виолончель"
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"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "violoncellum"
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"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "violoncello"
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"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "cello"
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"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "Cello"
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"roman": "violončelo",
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"word": "виолончело"
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{
"code": "ms",
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"word": "selo"
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"code": "ml",
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"roman": "cellō",
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"word": "ചെല്ലോ"
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"roman": "celo",
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"word": "चेलो"
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"roman": "violončelʹ",
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"word": "виолончель"
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{
"code": "mn",
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"word": "морин хийл"
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"code": "mn",
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"sense": "musical instrument",
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "musical instrument",
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"word": "cello"
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"code": "nn",
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"code": "oc",
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"code": "ps",
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"word": "رالیږونکي"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"word": "ویولنسل"
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{
"code": "pms",
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{
"code": "pl",
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"word": "violoncelo"
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"code": "qu",
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "violončélʹ",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"word": "виолонче́ль"
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"code": "stq",
"lang": "Saterland Frisian",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"code": "sh",
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"word": "violončelo"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
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"word": "chelo"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"word": "violonchelo"
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{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "chelo"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
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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"
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{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sellō",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "సెల్లో"
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"word": "เชลโล"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "çello"
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{
"code": "tk",
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"sense": "musical instrument",
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"code": "uk",
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"code": "ur",
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"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "وائلن نما ساز"
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{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "chong iskiropka",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "چوڭ ئىسكىروپكا"
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{
"code": "uz",
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"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "sello"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "violonchel"
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{
"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"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"masculine"
],
"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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"Received-Pronunciation"
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{
"ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/",
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"US"
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{
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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 the personal taste of the host/hostess, wrapped with cello wrap and tied with a lovely ribbon—decadent!",
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{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛloʊ/",
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"English nouns with irregular plurals",
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"English terms with audio links",
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{
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{
"word": "cello player"
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{
"word": "electric cello"
},
{
"word": "guitar-cello"
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{
"word": "guitar cello"
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{
"word": "mandocello"
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}
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{
"sense": "bout",
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{
"word": "bridge"
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{
"sense": "endpin, spike, tail spike",
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{
"word": "f-hole"
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{
"word": "sound hole"
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{
"word": "fine tuner"
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{
"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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{
"sense": "rib",
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{
"sense": "rib",
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{
"sense": "rib",
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{
"word": "saddle"
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{
"sense": "scroll",
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{
"sense": "scroll",
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{
"sense": "scroll",
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},
{
"word": "shoulder"
},
{
"word": "sound post"
},
{
"word": "string"
},
{
"word": "tailgut"
},
{
"word": "tailpiece"
},
{
"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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[
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[
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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"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tšīllū",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "تْشِيلُّو"
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{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tšēllu",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "تْشِيلُّو"
},
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"code": "acw",
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"roman": "tšillu",
"sense": "musical instrument",
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"masculine"
],
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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"
},
{
"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"
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{
"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": "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 entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Rhymes:English/ɛləʊ",
"Rhymes:English/ɛləʊ/2 syllables",
"en:String instruments"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cellophane"
},
"expansion": "cellophane",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Shortening of cellophane.",
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"1": "-"
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"expansion": "cello (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"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 the personal taste of the host/hostess, wrapped with cello wrap and tied with a lovely ribbon—decadent!",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"cellophane"
],
"links": [
[
"cellophane",
"cellophane"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛləʊ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛloʊ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛləʊ"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"cello"
],
"word": "cello"
}
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