violone

[ vee-uh-loh-ney ]

noun

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

violone

/ ˈvaɪəˌləʊn /

noun

1. 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 History and Origins

Origin of violone¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of violone¹

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

Example Sentences

As violino is the diminutive of viola, violoncino and violoncello are the diminutives of violone.

From Project Gutenberg

The word Violino is not mentioned by Lanfranco, but in every case only the termination Violone, which is bass viol.

From Project Gutenberg