arpeggione

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noun

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.

Similar
bowed guitarguitar cello
OriginItalian arpeggio + -one →
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Meanings

nounarpeggione (plural arpeggiones)

plural arpeggiones

  1. 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.

    Whether it is better on the original arpeggione, I am helpless to say.

    2007 February 1, Bernard Holland, “Schubert Whispers, Grieg Booms”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: bowed guitar, guitar cello

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
bowed guitarguitar cello
Also see
bowed guitarguitar cello

Origin

  1. Italianarpeggio + -one
  2. Englisharpeggione

Borrowed from Italian arpeggio + -one.

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Translations

French arpeggione
  • arpeggioneinstrument
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APA

arpeggione. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arpeggione

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Chicago

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