cello
意味
- チェロ(楽器)[violoncelloの短縮形]
例文
Tom plays the viola, and Mary plays the cello.
トムがビオラ、メアリーがチェロを弾いてます。
I have an interest in cello and piano.
私はチェロとピアノに興味があります。
Olga has been playing the cello since she was 8 years old.
オルガは8歳のときからチェロを弾いている。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
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).