different between fingerboard vs cello

English

Etymology

finger +? board

Noun

fingerboard (plural fingerboards)

1. (music, lutherie) A flat or roughly flat strip on the neck of a stringed instrument, against which the strings are pressed to shorten the vibrating length and produce notes of higher pitches.
2. A miniature skateboard that is driven with the fingers.

Translations

References

• The Oxford English Dictionary

Anagrams

• board finger

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