English Explanatory Dictionary

arpeggione

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

arpeggione arpeggiones

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian arpeggio + -one.

Synonyms

bowed guitar guitar cello

Derived words

arpeggionist
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