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bass
English
Etymology 1
From Italian basso (“low”), from Latin bassus (“low”).
Alternative forms
- (noun): base (dated)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e?s
- enPR: b?s, IPA(key): /be?s/
- Homophone: base
Adjective
bass (comparative more bass, superlative most bass)
- Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.
- The giant spoke in a deep, bass, rumbling voice that shook me to my boots.
Translations
Noun
bass (plural basses)
- A low spectrum of sound tones.
- Peter adjusted the equalizer on his audio equipment to emphasize the bass.
- A section of musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than the baritone and tenor.
- The conductor preferred to situate the bass in the middle rear, rather than to one side of the orchestra.
- One who sings in the bass range.
- Halfway through middle school, Edgar morphed from a soprano to a bass, much to the amazement and amusement of his fellow choristers.
- (music) An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric bass or bass synthesiser.
- The musician swung the bass over his head like an axe and smashed it into the amplifier, creating a discordant howl of noise.
- The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C; a bass clef.
- The score had been written without the treble and bass, but it was easy to pick out which was which based on the location of the notes on the staff.
Synonyms
- (singer): basso
- (clef): F clef
Coordinate terms
- (voice types): soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)
- (music) SATB (Initialism of soprano, alto, tenor, bass.)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
bass (third-person singular simple present basses, present participle bassing, simple past and past participle bassed)
- To sound in a deep tone.
- 1623 [1610], William Shakespeare, The Tempest (First Folio ed.), act III, scene iii, lines 99-99
- […] and the Thunder
(That deepe and dreadfull Organ-Pipe) pronounc'd
The name of Pro?per : it did ba?e my Tre?pa??e
- […] and the Thunder
- 1623 [1610], William Shakespeare, The Tempest (First Folio ed.), act III, scene iii, lines 99-99
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English bace, bas, alteration of bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?órsos (“prickle, thorn, scale”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at barse.
Alternative forms
- basse (archaic)
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?s, IPA(key): /bæs/
Noun
bass (countable and uncountable, plural basses or bass)
- The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of Perciformes.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
A corruption of bast.
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?s, IPA(key): /bæs/
Noun
bass (countable and uncountable, plural basses)
- The fibrous inner bark of the linden or lime tree, used for making mats.
- Fibers from other plants, especially palm trees
- Anything made from such fibers, such as a hassock, basket or thick mat.
Derived terms
- basswood
See also
- bass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- BSAs, SABS, sabs
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German vaz, from Old High German faz, from Proto-Germanic *fat? (“vessel, container”). Cognate with German Fass, Dutch vat, English vat, Icelandic fat.
Noun
bass n (plural bèssar, diminutive bèssle)
- (Sette Comuni) vat, tub
Declension
References
- “bass” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
German
Etymology
Former comparative of wohl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bas]
Adjective
bass (not comparable)
- greatly
Usage notes
This primarily used in the collocations bass erstaunt/basses Erstaunen.
Declension
Further reading
- “bass” in Duden online
Latvian
Etymology
From Italian [Term?]
Noun
bass m (1st declension)
- bass
Adjective
bass (definite basais, comparative bas?ks, superlative visbas?kais, adverb basi)
- bare, unshod (of feet: without shoes, socks or other coverings)
Declension
Synonyms
- kails
Luxembourgish
Verb
bass
- second-person singular present indicative of sinn
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bas/
Etymology 1
Inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare Tunisian Arabic ??? (ba??, “to fart”).
Verb
bass (imperfect jboss)
- to fart
Conjugation
Derived terms
- bassa
Etymology 2
From English bus.
Noun
bass m (plural basis)
- bus
Middle English
Adjective
bass
- Alternative form of bas
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin bassus, via Italian basso
Noun
bass m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural basser, definite plural bassene)
- (music) bass; (musical range, person, instrument or group performing in the base range)
- (music) short for bassgitar (bass guitar) or kontrabass (double bass)
Derived terms
- kontrabass
- snurrebass
References
- “bass” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin bassus, via Italian basso
Noun
bass m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural bassar, definite plural bassane)
- (music) bass; (musical range, person, instrument or group performing in the base range)
- (music) short for bassgitar (bass guitar) or kontrabass (double bass)
Derived terms
- kontrabass
- snurrebass
References
- “bass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Vallader) bas
Etymology
From Late Latin bassus.
Adjective
bass m (f bassa, m pl bass, f pl bassas)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) deep, low
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bassy
English
Pronunciation
- (MLE) IPA(key): /bæsi/
- Rhymes: -æsi
Etymology 1
bass +? -y
Adjective
bassy (comparative bassier, superlative bassiest)
- Describing the reproduction of sound that overemphasizes low-frequency sounds
Etymology 2
Noun
bassy (plural bassies)
- (MLE, slang) machete, dirk, rambo
Anagrams
- Abyss., abyss
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