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

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