violone

[vee-uh-loh-ney]

noun

a double bass.

an organ pedal stop of 16-foot pitch, giving a tone resembling the violoncello.

Origin of violone

1715–25; < Italian, equivalent to viol(a) bass viol + -one augmentative suffix

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Examples from the Web for violone

Historical Examples of violone

As violino is the diminutive of viola, violoncino and violoncello are the diminutives of violone.
The Violoncello and Its History
Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski

British Dictionary definitions for violone

violone

noun

the double-bass member of the viol family lying an octave below the viola da gamba. It corresponds to the double bass in the violin family

Word Origin for violone

C18: from Italian, from viola 1 + -one, augmentative suffix

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