Etymology

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Today it means: A six-stringed musical instrument of the 19th century, fretted and tuned like a guitar but bowed like a cello, and held vertically between the knees. Full definition →

Italian arpeggio + -one
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromarpeggio + -one
  2. English todayarpeggione

Borrowed from Italian arpeggio + -one.

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