violoncello
noun
violoncellos
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pluralof violoncello.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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He made over 1,000 violins, violas and violoncellos, and was commissioned by King James II and King Charles III of Spain, before his death in 1737.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2021
There are several magnificent tenors and violoncellos, and perhaps three or four double basses.
From Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. by J. H. (Joseph Henry) Pearce
The new arrangement was eight first and eight second violins, six violas, four first and four second violoncellos, and four double basses.
From An Autobiography by Igor Stravinsky
He made also a few violoncellos with similar characteristics.
From Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. by J. H. (Joseph Henry) Pearce
There, snuff and cigars, and German pipes and flutes, and violins and violoncellos, divide the supremacy between them.
From Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
