different between basses vs basset

English

Noun

basses

1. plural of bass

Anagrams

• bessas

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?ba.s?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ba.ses/

Noun

basses

1. plural of bassa

French

Noun

basses f

1. plural of basse

Norman

Adjective

basses f pl

1. feminine plural of bas

Occitan

Adjective

basses

1. masculine plural of bas

English

Etymology

From French bassette, from Italian bassetta.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bæs?t/

Noun

basset (countable and uncountable, plural bassets)

1. (geology) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
2. A basset hound.
3. (uncountable, card games) A card game resembling faro.
   • 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert

     Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget / Your piquet parties, and your dear basset.

Verb

basset (third-person singular simple present bassets, present participle basseting, simple past and past participle basseted)

1. (geology, intransitive) To incline upward so as to appear at the surface.

   A vein of coal bassets.

See also

• basset clarinet
• basset hound
• basset horn

Anagrams

• Asbest, basest, bastes, beasts, esbats

French

Etymology

Diminutive of bas (“low”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?.s?/

Noun

basset m (plural bassets)

1. basset hound

Adjective

basset (feminine singular bassette, masculine plural bassets, feminine plural bassettes)

1. (Louisiana, Cajun French) short

Further reading

• “basset” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?passeh(t)/

Verb

basset

1. inflection of bassit:
   1. third-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person singular past indicative
   3. second-person plural imperative