violone
[ vee-uh-loh-ney ]
/ ˌvi əˈloʊ neɪ /
noun
a double bass.
an organ pedal stop of 16-foot pitch, giving a tone resembling the violoncello.
Origin of violone
1715–25; < Italian, equivalent to
viol(a) bass viol +
-one augmentative suffix
Words nearby violone
violinmaker,
violist,
viollet-le-duc,
violoncellist,
violoncello,
violone,
viomycin,
viosterol,
viotti,
vip,
viper
Example sentences from the Web for violone
As violino is the diminutive of viola, violoncino and violoncello are the diminutives of violone.
The Violoncello and Its History |Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski
British Dictionary definitions for violone
violone
/ (ˈvaɪəˌləʊn) /
noun
the double-bass member of the viol family lying an octave below the viola da gamba. It corresponds to the double bass in the violin family
Word Origin for violone
C18: from Italian, from
viola
1 +
-one, augmentative suffix