cello
チェロ
解説 Definition
cello は弦楽器のチェロという意味です。日本語の「チェロ」とほぼ同じ意味で、オーケストラや室内楽で低めの豊かな音を出す楽器を指します。
A cello is a large, low-pitched string instrument in the violin family. A seated player holds it upright between the knees and usually plays it with a bow, producing a warm, deep sound.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
cello は長いイタリア語名 violoncello の短縮形です。violin より大きく、座って両膝の間に構え、低く豊かな音を出す姿を結び付けます。play the cello と楽器名に the を付ける形や、cello music、cello case をまとまりで覚えましょう。
Remember cello as the shortened form of the Italian instrument name violoncello. Place it visually within the violin family: it is larger and lower in pitch than a violin or viola, but smaller and normally higher than a double bass. Picture a seated player holding the instrument upright between the knees and drawing a bow across the strings. Learn the usual expression play the cello, where English commonly uses the before an instrument name. Other useful combinations include cello music, cello section, cello case, and a warm, deep cello sound.
例文
She plays the cello in the school orchestra.
彼女は学校のオーケストラでチェロを弾いています。
The cello has a warm and deep sound.
チェロは温かく深みのある音がします。
He carried his cello carefully onto the stage.
彼はチェロを大切に抱えて舞台に上がりました。
cello の類義語・関連語
cello の語源・成り立ち Etymology
cello はイタリア語 violoncello の短縮形で、もとは viola に拡大・縮小の語形成が重なった語です。長い楽器名が日常で短くなった形で、viola 系の低音楽器を指したことから、今の「チェロ」という名になりました。関連語は viola, violin。
Cello is an English shortening of Italian violoncello. That Italian name is historically related to violone, a term for a large viol, with the diminutive ending -cello; the word’s formation reflects changing names and sizes within the viol and violin families. English adopted violoncello and later commonly shortened it to cello. The initial c is pronounced like “ch” because the abbreviation preserves the Italian pronunciation pattern found in violoncello.
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