violoncelo
Portuguese, noun/vi.o.lõˈsɛ.lu/
violoncelo is spelled V-I-O-L-O-N-C-E-L-O (10 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Violoncelo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cello (musical instrument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande instrumento musical da família das cordas, afinado em uma oitava mais grave do que a viola e uma…”.
What does violoncelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecello (musical instrument)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grande instrumento musical da família das cordas, afinado em uma oitava mais grave do que a viola e uma oitava mais agudo que o contrabaixo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of violoncelo
- violoncelos plural
- violoncello alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce violoncelo?
- Brazil /vi.o.lõˈsɛ.lu/
- Brazil /vjo.lõˈsɛ.lu/
- Portugal /vju.lõˈsɛ.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to violoncelo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is violoncelo in Portuguese?
violoncelo appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).