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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌvaɪələnˈtʃɛləʊ/, /ˌviːələnˈtʃɛləʊ/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌvaɪələnˈt͡ʃɛloʊ/
• 韻: -ɛləʊ

名詞

violoncello (plural violoncellos or violoncelli)

1. Synonym of cello.
   • 2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 110:

     A tentative violoncello is playing, invisible and plaintive, then stops with an asthmatic scrape of catgut.

   • 2016, Fred R. Kline, Leonardo’s Holy Child, Pegasus Books Ltd., →ISBN:

     Preserved under the rock-hard amber varnish was a beautifully crafted mythological scene depicting a nude man in a lush landscape playing a violoncello to a rapt audience of peaceful animals, including a jaguar, lion, swan, fox, peacock, horse, parrot, dogs, badger, deer, bull, ostrich, and no less than an elephant coming over the hill to join them.

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