different between ello vs cello

English

Interjection

ello

1. Pronunciation spelling of hello.

Anagrams

• Loel

Italian

Alternative forms

• el

Etymology

From Latin illum, accusative form of ille (“that”), from earlier olle, from Old Latin ollus (“he, that”), from Proto-Indo-European *al- (“beyond, other”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?el.lo/
• Hyphenation: él?lo

Determiner

ello m

1. (archaic) he

Synonyms

• elli (archaic); egli, lui

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• 'ello, hello

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?(h)?lo?/, /?(h)?l??/
• Hyphenation: e?llo

Interjection

ello

1. hello

See also

• wah gwaan
• weh yuh a seh
• weh yuh deh pon

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin illud, neuter of ille. See also lo.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ello

1. it, neuter third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used only to refer to facts, sets of things, and indefinite things that have been mentioned before; generally used with prepositions and rarely used as a subject, except in literary style)

See also

Noun

ello m (uncountable)

1. (psychoanalysis) (Freud's concept of) id

Further reading

• “ello” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of violoncello.

Alternative forms

• (dated) 'cello

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t??lo?/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Noun

cello (plural cellos or celli)

1. A large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings, tuned from lowest to highest C-G-D-A, and played with a bow, also possessing an endpin to support the instrument's weight.

   Synonym: violoncello

Meronyms

Derived terms

Translations

References

• Robin Stowell (1999) The Cambridge Companion to the Cello, page 1

Etymology 2

Shortening of cellophane.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?lo?/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Noun

cello (uncountable)

1. cellophane

Anagrams

• Colle

Danish

Noun

cello c (singular definite celloen, plural indefinite celloer)

1. cello

Inflection

Synonyms

• violoncel c

Related terms

• cellist c

Dutch

Etymology

Shortening of violoncello, from Italian violoncello. Influenced by German Cello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??.lo?/, /?s?.lo?/
• Hyphenation: cel?lo

Noun

cello m (plural cello's, diminutive cellootje n)

1. cello

Derived terms

• cellist

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian violoncello

Noun

cello m (definite singular celloen, indefinite plural celloer, definite plural celloene)

1. cello

References

• “cello” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian violoncello

Noun

cello m (definite singular celloen, indefinite plural celloar, definite plural celloane)

1. cello

References

• “cello” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

cello c

1. cello

Declension

Related terms

• cellist