Other forms: cellists
A cellist is somebody who plays the large deep-toned string instrument. A concert cellist.
The instrument is held between the knees, which is why the seating matters so much. A cellist carries an instrument that needs its own aircraft seat.
1nouncellistSomebody who plays the large deep-toned string instrument.
“The cellist had played the same instrument since she was fourteen.”
cellist is a musician.
Italian
violoncello — little violone
English
cello
English, today
cellist
Built from
From cello + -ist. cello a clipping of violoncello, the original name, from Italian violoncello (“little violone”), from violone (“an early form of the double bass”) + -cello (“-elle”), violone (“big viola”) itself being derived from viola + -one (“-oon”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA