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bass

See also: Bass and Baß

English

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 Bass (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Etymology 1

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A respelling of base under the influence of Italian basso (“low”).

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bass (comparative basser, superlative bassest)

  1. 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.
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bass (plural basses)

 
body of a bass guitar [4]
  1. A low spectrum of sound tones.
    Peter adjusted the equalizer on his audio equipment to emphasize the bass.
  2. A section of a 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.
  3. 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.
  4. (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.
  5. 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.
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bass (third-person singular simple present basses, present participle bassing, simple past and past participle bassed)

  1. To sound in a deep tone.
    • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], lines 99-99:
      […] and the Thunder
      (That deepe and dreadfull Organ-Pipe) pronounc'd
      The name of Proſper : it did baſe my Treſpaſſe
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Etymology 2

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a smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)

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 *bʰórsos (“prickle, thorn, scale”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at barse.

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bass (countable and uncountable, plural basses or bass)

  2. The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of Perciformes.
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Etymology 3

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A corruption of bast.

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bass (countable and uncountable, plural basses)

  1. The fibrous inner bark of the linden or lime tree, used for making mats.
  2. Fibers from other plants, especially palm trees
  3. Anything made from such fibers, such as a hassock, basket or thick mat.
    • [1865, William Stott Banks, A List of Provincial Words in use at Wakefield in Yorkshire, Wakefield: J.R.Smith, page 6:
      BASS, 1, a door mat]
    • 1982 [1980], J L Carr, A Month in the Country, Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books/Harvester Press, →ISBN, page 2:
      I set off half-heartedly, as best I could sheltering my spare clothes (which were in the straw fish-bass) under my coat. […] The rain made a channel from my trilby down my neck and one handle of the fish-bass gave way.
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Cimbrian

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Noun

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bass n (plural bèssar, diminutive bèssle)

  1. (Mezzaselva) Alternative form of vass

Declension

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Declension of bass – 3rd declension
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative an 's bass de bèssar
accusative an 's bass de bèssar
dative aname me basse in bèssarn

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Etymology

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Former comparative of wohl.

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bass (strong nominative masculine singular basser, not comparable)

  1. greatly

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This word is primarily used in the collocations bass erstaunt/basses Erstaunen.

Declension

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Positive forms of bass (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist bass sie ist bass es ist bass sie sind bass
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative basser basse basses basse
genitive bassen basser bassen basser
dative bassem basser bassem bassen
accusative bassen basse basses basse
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der basse die basse das basse die bassen
genitive des bassen der bassen des bassen der bassen
dative dem bassen der bassen dem bassen den bassen
accusative den bassen die basse das basse die bassen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein basser eine basse ein basses (keine) bassen
genitive eines bassen einer bassen eines bassen (keiner) bassen
dative einem bassen einer bassen einem bassen (keinen) bassen
accusative einen bassen eine basse ein basses (keine) bassen

Further reading

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  • “bass” in Duden online
  • “bass” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Kwama

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bass

  1. milk

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  • Goldberg, Justin, Asadik, Habte, Bekama, Jiregna, Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary‎[1], SIL International

Latvian

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Etymology 1

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From Italian basso.

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bass m (1st declension)

  1. bass

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *basás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós. Cognate with Lithuanian basas, Russian босо́й (bosój), English bare.

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bass (definite basais, comparative basāks, superlative visbasākais, adverb basi)

  1. bare, unshod (of feet: without shoes, socks or other coverings)
    staigāt basām kājām ― to walk barefoot, to walk with bare feet
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indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of bass
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
singular
(vienskaitlis) 		plural
(daudzskaitlis) 		singular
(vienskaitlis) 		plural
(daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) bass basi basa basas
accusative (akuzatīvs) basu basus basu basas
genitive (ģenitīvs) basa basu basas basu
dative (datīvs) basam basiem basai basām
instrumental (instrumentālis) basu basiem basu basām
locative (lokatīvs) basā basos basā basās
vocative (vokatīvs) — — — —
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Lombard

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Etymology

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Akin to Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus.

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bass

  1. low

Luxembourgish

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bass

  1. second-person singular present indicative of sinn

Maltese

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Etymology 1

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Root
b-s-s
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Inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare Tunisian Arabic بص (baṣṣ, “to fart”).

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bass (imperfect jboss, verbal noun bass)

  1. to fart loudly
  2. to boo (someone)
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    Conjugation of bass
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m bassejt bassejt bass bassejna bassejtu bassew
f basset
imperfect m nboss tboss jboss nbossu tbossu jbossu
f tboss
imperative boss bossu

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English bus.

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bass m (plural bassis)

  1. bus

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bass

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of biss

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bass

  1. Alternative form of bas

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin bassus, via Italian basso.

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bass m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural basser, definite plural bassene)

  1. (music) bass (musical range, person, instrument or group performing in the base range)
  2. (music) short for bassgitar (bass guitar) or kontrabass (double bass)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin bassus, via Italian basso.

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bass m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural bassar, definite plural bassane)

  1. (music) bass (musical range, person, instrument or group performing in the base range)
  2. (music) short for bassgitar (bass guitar) or kontrabass (double bass)

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Romansch

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From Late Latin bassus.

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bass m (f bassa, m pl bass, f pl bassas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) deep, low
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