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Is cello a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cello is a Scrabble US word. The word cello is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is cello a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cello is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

CELLO,

4-letter words (3 found)

CELL,COLE,COLL,

3-letter words (5 found)

CEL,COL,ECO,ELL,OLE,

2-letter words (3 found)

EL,LO,OE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 13 words from cello according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of cello

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Definitions and meaning of cello

cello

Etymology 1

Clipping of violoncello, the original name, from Italian violoncello (“little violone”), from violone (“an early form of the double bass”) + -cello (“-elle”, forming diminutives), violone (“big viola”) itself being derived from viola + -one (“-oon”, forming augmentatives).

Alternative forms

  • (dated) 'cello

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃɛləʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛləʊ

Noun

cello (plural cellos or (rare) celli)

  1. A large unfretted stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) C-G-D-A and an endpin to support its weight, usually played with a bow.
    • 2006 Nov. 22, Rob Paravonian, "Pachabel Rant", 00:00:33:
      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.
    • 2020 Aug. 9, Jeffrey Meyers, "Fitzgerald and Hemingway: A Tortured Friendship", The Article:
      Fitzgerald saw that Hemingway, oppressed by his mother's influence, was "still rebelling against having been made to take cello lessons when growing up."
    Synonym: violoncello
Meronyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Tokelauan: helo
Translations

References

  • Robin Stowell (1999) The Cambridge Companion to the Cello, page 1

Etymology 2

Shortening of cellophane.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛləʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛloʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛləʊ

Noun

cello (uncountable)

  1. cellophane

Anagrams

  • Colle

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃelo/ [t͡ʃe.lo]
  • Rhymes: -elo
  • Hyphenation: ce‧llo

Noun

cello inan

  1. (proscribed) cello
    Synonym: biolontxelo

Declension

Further reading

  • "cello" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

Danish

Noun

cello c (singular definite celloen, plural indefinite celloer)

  1. cello

Inflection

Synonyms

  • violoncel c

Related terms

  • cellist c

Dutch

Etymology

Shortening of violoncello, from Italian violoncello. Influenced by German Cello.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃɛ.loː/, /ˈsɛ.loː/
  • Hyphenation: cel‧lo

Noun

cello m (plural cello's, diminutive cellootje n)

  1. cello

Derived terms

  • cellist

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: selo
  • → Papiamentu: chèlo

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian violoncello.

Noun

cello m (definite singular celloen, indefinite plural celloer, definite plural celloene)

  1. cello

References

  • “cello” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian violoncello.

Noun

cello m (definite singular celloen, indefinite plural celloar, definite plural celloane)

  1. cello

References

  • “cello” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian cello.

Noun

cello n (uncountable)

  1. cello

Declension

Swedish

Noun

cello c

  1. cello

Declension

Related terms

  • cellist

Source: wiktionary.org