violone

[ vee-uh-loh-ney ]

noun
  1. a double bass.

  2. an organ pedal stop of 16-foot pitch, giving a tone resembling the violoncello.

Origin of violone

1
1715–25; <Italian, equivalent to viol(a) bass viol + -one augmentative suffix

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How to use violone in a sentence

  • As violino is the diminutive of viola, violoncino and violoncello are the diminutives of violone.

    The Violoncello and Its History | Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski
  • The word Violino is not mentioned by Lanfranco, but in every case only the termination violone, which is bass viol.

    The Violoncello and Its History | Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski

British Dictionary definitions for violone

violone

/ (ˈvaɪəˌləʊn) /


noun
  1. 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

Origin of violone

1
C18: from Italian, from viola 1 + -one, augmentative suffix

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