violoncello
Spanish, noun[bjolõnˈseʝo]
violoncello is spelled V-I-O-L-O-N-C-E-L-L-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 108,574th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Violoncello is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “alternative form of violonchelo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Instrumento musical de cuerda frotada, perteneciente a la familia del violín, y de tamaño y registro entre la…”.
What does violoncello mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of violonchelo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrumento musical de cuerda frotada, perteneciente a la familia del violín, y de tamaño y registro entre la viola y el contrabajo. Se toca frotando un arco con las cuerdas y con el instrumento sujeto entre las piernas del violonchelista.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of violoncello
- violoncellos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce violoncello?
- [bjolõnˈseʝo]
- [bjolõnˈseʎo]
- [bjolõnˈseʃo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is violoncello in Spanish?
violoncello appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).