violone
[vee-
uh
-
loh
-ney]
/ˌvi əˈloʊ neɪ/
noun
1.
a double bass.
2.
an organ pedal stop of 16-foot pitch, giving a tone resembling the violoncello.
Origin
1715-25;
<
Italian,
equivalent to
viol
(
a
) bass viol +
-one
augmentative suffix
British Dictionary definitions for
violone
violone
/
ˈvaɪəˌləʊn
/
noun
1.
the double-bass member of the viol family lying an octave below the viola da gamba. It corresponds to the double bass in the violin family
Word Origin
C18: from Italian, from
viola
1
+
-one,
augmentative suffix