HOW TO PRONOUNCE
cello
/ˈtʃɛloʊ/
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The “c” has the “ch” sound of “chair.”
Begin with chel rather than sel or kel, then finish with a lighter long o vowel.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“She carried the cello onto the stage.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does cello mean?
noun
- 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.
- cellophane
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtʃɛloʊ/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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In the pages of books
See this word in context.
There was a friend who played upon the cello.
The music had started up, and half a block away you could hear the dull “broom, broom” of a cello, with the squeaking of two fiddles which vied with each other in intricate and altitudinous gymnastics.
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Soon after the men had left the starboard side, I saw a bandsman--the 'cellist--come round the vestibule corner from the staircase entrance and run down the now deserted starboard deck, his 'cello trailing behind him, the spike dragging along the floor.