cellist

English

Etymology

From cello +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛlɪst/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

cellist (plural cellists)

1. Someone who plays the cello.
   • 2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered.

   • 2021 April 28, Lisa Abend, “When the Cellos Play, the Cows Come Home”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Though relative newcomers to classical music, they seemed closely attuned to the eight cellists onstage, raising their heads abruptly as the piece’s languid strains gave way to rapid-fire bow strokes.

Synonyms

• celloist (rare)
• cello player
• violoncellist

Derived terms

• electric cellist
• mandocellist

Translations

person who plays the cello

• Armenian: թավջութակահար (hy) (tʻavǰutʻakahar)
• Belarusian: віяланчалі́ст m (vijalančalíst), віяланчалі́стка f (vijalančalístka)
• Bulgarian: виолончели́ст m (violončelíst), виолончели́стка f (violončelístka)
• Catalan: violoncel·lista (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大提琴手 (zh) (dàtíqínshǒu), 大提琴家 (dàtíqínjiā)

• Czech: violoncellista m
• Dutch: cellist (nl) m, violoncellist (nl) m
• Esperanto: violonĉelisto
• Estonian: tšellist, tšellomängija
• French: violoncelliste (fr)
• German: Cellist (de) m, Cellistin (de) f
• Greek: βιολοντσελίστας (el) m (violontselístas)
• Hungarian: csellista (hu)
• Icelandic: sellóleikari m
• Indonesian: selis
• Irish: dordveidhleadóir m
• Italian: violoncellista (it) m
• Japanese: チェリスト (ja) (cherisuto)
• Kazakh: виолончельші (violonçelşı)
• Macedonian: виолончели́ст m (violončelíst), виолончели́стка f (violončelístka)
• Polish: wiolonczelista (pl) m, wiolonczelistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: violoncelista (pt) m or f
• Russian: виолончели́ст (ru) m (violončelíst), виолончели́стка (ru) f (violončelístka)
• Spanish: violonchelista (es) m or f, violoncelista (es) m or f, chelista (es) m or f
• Swedish: cellist (sv) c
• Ukrainian: віолончелі́ст (uk) m (violončelíst), віолончелі́стка f (violončelístka)
• Volapük: colan (vo) m or f, hicolan m, jicolan f

Dutch

Etymology

From cello +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃɛˈlɪst/, /sɛˈlɪst/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: cel‧list
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

cellist m (plural cellisten, diminutive cellistje n, feminine celliste)

1. cellist

Derived terms

• celliste

Descendants

• → Indonesian: selis

Swedish

Etymology

From cello +‎ -ist.

Noun

cellist c

1. cellist (performer of the cello)

Declension

Declension of cellist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	cellist	cellists
	definite	cellisten	cellistens
plural	indefinite	cellister	cellisters
	definite	cellisterna	cellisternas

See also

• violast
• violinist