"violone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: violones [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian violone (“big viola”), from viola + -one (“-oon, forming augmentatives"”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|violone||big viola}} Italian violone (“big viola”), {{m|it|viola}} viola, {{m|it|-one||-oon, forming augmentatives"}} -one (“-oon, forming augmentatives"”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} violone (plural violones)
  1. An early stringed instrument similar to a double bass. Wikipedia link: violone Categories (topical): String instruments Synonyms: double bass viol Related terms: violoncello Translations (stringed instrument): violon [masculine] (Czech)

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