violone
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vi·o·lo·ne 
[vee-uh-loh-ney] Pronunciation Key
[vee-uh-loh-ney] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a double bass. |
| 2. | an organ pedal stop of 16-foot pitch, giving a tone resembling the violoncello. |
[Origin: 1715–25; < It, equiv. to viol(a) bass viol + -one aug. suffix]
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| vi·o·lo·ne
(vē'ə-lō'nā) Pronunciation Key
n. A 16-foot organ stop yielding stringlike tones similar to those of a cello. [Italian, augmentative of viola, viola; see viola1.] |
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Violone
Vi`o*lo"ne\, n. [It. violone, augment. of viola a viol. See Viol.] (Mus.) The largest instrument of the bass-viol kind, having strings tuned an octave below those of the violoncello; the contrabasso; -- called also double bass. [Written also violono.]
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