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cellist

cellist

English

Noun

cellist ‎(plural cellists)

Someone who plays a cello.

Synonyms

celloist (rare)
cello player

Derived terms

Translations

person who plays the cello

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
French: violoncelliste (fr)
German: Cellist (de) m, Cellistin (de) f
Greek: βιολοντσελίστας (el) m ‎(violontselístas)
Hungarian: csellista (hu)
Irish: dordveidhleadóir m

Italian: violoncellista (it) m
Japanese: チェリスト ‎(cherisuto)
Macedonian: виолончелист m ‎(violončelíst), виолончелистка f ‎(violončelístka)
Polish: wiolonczelista (pl) m
Portuguese: violoncelista (pt) m, f
Russian: виолончели́ст (ru) m ‎(violončelíst), виолончели́стка (ru) f ‎(violončelístka)
Spanish: violonchelista (es) m, f, violoncelista (es) m, f, chelista (es) m, f
Swedish: cellist (sv) c
Volapük: (♂♀) colan (vo), (♂) hicolan, (♀) jicolan

Dutch

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: cel‧list

Etymology

From cello +‎ -ist

Noun

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

cellist

Swedish

Etymology

cello +‎ -ist

Noun

cellist c

cellist (performer of the cello)

Declension

Inflection of cellist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cellist	cellisten	cellister	cellisterna
Genitive	cellists	cellistens	cellisters	cellisternas

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