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basse

See also: bassê, Bässe, and Basse

English

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Noun

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basse

  1. Archaic form of bass (“perch”).

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).

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basse c (singular definite bassen, plural indefinite basser)

  1. a big, strong man, a big thing
  2. an army infantryman, a private
  3. a Danish pastry

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Declension of basse
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative basse bassen basser basserne
genitive basses bassens bassers bassernes

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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basse

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of bassen

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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basse

  1. feminine singular of bas

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Italian basso; homophony with Etymology 1 led to reinterpretation as a feminine, specifically as an ellipsis of la voix basse (“the low voice”).

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basse f (plural basses)

  1. (music) bass (the lower melody)
  2. (music) bass (a singer of the bass melodies)
  3. (music) bass (the musical instrument)
  4. acoustic guitar
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Interlingua

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Adjective

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basse (comparative plus basse, superlative le plus basse)

  1. low

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbas.se/
  • Rhymes: -asse
  • Hyphenation: bàs‧se

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basse f pl

  1. feminine plural of basso

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basse f

  1. plural of bassa

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Latin

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Adjective

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basse

  1. vocative masculine singular of bassus

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Lule Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *pësē.

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basse

  1. holy, sacred

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Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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basse

  1. Alternative form of bas

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basse

  1. Alternative form of base

Norman

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Adjective

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basse

  1. feminine singular of bas

Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpasse/

Verb

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basse

  1. inflection of bassit:
    1. first-person dual present indicative
    2. third-person plural past indicative

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).

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

  1. a big, strong man
  2. (especially in compounds) an unruly man

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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  • (Aasen): Basse (obsolete capitalization)[1]

Etymology

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From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).[2]

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

  1. a big, strong man
  2. (especially in compounds) an unruly man

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References

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  1. ^ Ivar Aasen (1850) “Basse”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
  2. ^ “basse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).

Noun

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basse

  1. a big, strong man, a big thing
  2. an army infantryman, a private

Declension

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Declension of basse 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative basse bassen bassar bassarna
Genitive basses bassens bassars bassarnas

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