Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

celli

/tʃˈɛli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: cel-li
IPA: /tʃˈɛli/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of cello

Example Sentences

"Now, against the Beethoven rhythm and the antiphonal outcry (E), the 'celli intone a spacious and somber melody whose beginning is shown at F."
"The dynamics of the celli have to be extended to the basses, for it would not make sense to have the basses operating under their last dynamics mark, of the previous bar, which is ppp."
"The balance of strings in these two orchestras emphasized the lowest tessitura; Charles Burney criticized the Italians for having more double basses than celli and for playing the instrument "... so coarsely that it produced a sound no more musical than the stroke of a hammer.""

Rhymes With

kelly delhi belly jelly ellie shelley kelley deli shelly smelly telly nelly

Questions

How do you pronounce celli?: The recorded pronunciation is /tʃˈɛli/.
What does celli mean?: plural of cello

How to pronounce celli

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