bass
English
editEtymology 1
editA respelling of base under the influence of Italian basso (“low”).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editbass (comparative basser, superlative bassest)
- 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
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Noun
editbass (plural basses)
A bass voice singing a soprano part
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- A low spectrum of sound tones.
- Peter adjusted the equalizer on his audio equipment to emphasize the bass.
- 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.
- 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
editCoordinate terms
edit- (voice types): soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)
- (music) SATB (Initialism of soprano, alto, tenor, bass.)
Derived terms
edit- acoustic bass
- acoustic bass guitar
- bass-bar
- bass bar
- bass-baritone
- bass bin
- bass boat
- bass bomb
- bass C
- bass clarinet
- bass clef
- bass cliff
- bass drop
- bass drum
- bass drummer
- bass fiddle
- bass fiddler
- bass guitar
- bass guitarist
- bass horn
- bassist
- bassless
- basslike
- bassline
- bassly
- bassman
- bass music
- bassness
- bass note
- bass recorder
- bass reflex
- bass-relief
- bass sax
- bass saxophone
- bass saxophonist
- bass staff
- bass trap
- bass trombone
- bass viol
- bass violin
- bass violinist
- bass violist
- bass-violist
- basswork
- bassy
- booty bass
- concert bass drum
- doghouse bass
- double-bass
- double bass
- drill and bass
- drill 'n' bass
- drum and bass
- drum 'n' bass
- electric bass
- figured bass
- great bass
- great bass recorder
- ground bass
- hyperbass flute
- keyboard bass
- Miami bass
- midbass
- midtempo bass
- murky bass
- octobass
- play someone like a bass fiddle
- slap bass
- stand-up bass
- stride bass
- string bass
- sub-bass
- synthbass
- synth bass
- tea chest bass
- upright bass
- walking bass
- washtub bass
- wobble bass
Translations
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Verb
editbass (third-person singular simple present basses, present participle bassing, simple past and past participle bassed)
- 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
Translations
editEtymology 2
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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.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editbass (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
edit- basslet
- black bass (Micropterus spp.)
- largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)
- peacock bass
- sea bass
- smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
- spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus)
- striped bass (Morone saxatilis)
- white bass (Morone chrysops)
- Chilean sea bass
- European sea bass
- calico bass
- Otsego bass
- channel bass
- grass bass
- kelp bass
- rock bass
- spottail bass
Translations
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Etymology 3
editA corruption of bast.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbass (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.
- [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.
Derived terms
editSee also
editAnagrams
editCimbrian
editNoun
editbass n (plural bèssar, diminutive bèssle)
- (Mezzaselva) Alternative form of vass
Declension
editGerman
editEtymology
editFormer comparative of wohl.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editbass (strong nominative masculine singular basser, not comparable)
Usage notes
editThis word is primarily used in the collocations bass erstaunt/basses Erstaunen.
Declension
editnumber & gender | singular | plural | |||
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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
editKwama
editNoun
editbass
References
edit- Goldberg, Justin, Asadik, Habte, Bekama, Jiregna, Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary[1], SIL International
Latvian
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editbass m (1st declension)
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *basás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós. Cognate with Lithuanian basas, Russian босо́й (bosój), English bare.
Adjective
editbass (definite basais, comparative basāks, superlative visbasākais, adverb basi)
Declension
editmasculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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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) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Synonyms
editLombard
editEtymology
editAkin to Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus.
Adjective
editbass
Luxembourgish
editVerb
editbass
Maltese
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editRoot |
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b-s-s |
2 terms |
Inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare Tunisian Arabic بص (baṣṣ, “to fart”).
Verb
editbass (imperfect jboss, verbal noun bass)
Conjugation
editConjugation of bass | ||||||||
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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
editNoun
editbass m (plural bassis)
Etymology 3
editAdverb
editbass
Middle English
editAdjective
editbass
- Alternative form of bas
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Latin bassus, via Italian basso.
Noun
editbass 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
editReferences
edit- “bass” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Latin bassus, via Italian basso.
Noun
editbass 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
editReferences
edit- “bass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romansch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin bassus.
Adjective
edit- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷem-
- English doublets
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/eɪs
- Rhymes:English/eɪs/1 syllable
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English terms with usage examples
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Entries with audio examples
- en:Musical instruments
- en:Music
- English initialisms
- English verbs
- English terms with quotations
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Rhymes:English/æs
- Rhymes:English/æs/1 syllable
- English uncountable nouns
- English indeclinable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English heteronyms
- English terms with assimilation of historic /ɹ/
- en:Musicians
- en:People
- en:Percoid fish
- Cimbrian lemmas
- Cimbrian nouns
- Cimbrian neuter nouns
- Sette Comuni Cimbrian
- Cimbrian third-declension nouns
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German adjectives
- German uncomparable adjectives
- Kwama lemmas
- Kwama nouns
- Latvian terms derived from Italian
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian masculine nouns
- Latvian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Latvian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Latvian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latvian adjectives
- Latvian terms with usage examples
- Lombard lemmas
- Lombard adjectives
- Luxembourgish non-lemma forms
- Luxembourgish verb forms
- Maltese 1-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese terms with audio links
- Maltese terms belonging to the root b-s-s
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese verbs
- Maltese form-I verbs
- Maltese geminate form-I verbs
- Maltese geminate verbs
- Maltese terms borrowed from English
- Maltese terms derived from English
- Maltese nouns
- Maltese masculine nouns
- Maltese adverbs
- Maltese terms with obsolete senses
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Italian
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Music
- nb:Musical instruments
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Italian
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Music
- nn:Musical instruments
- Romansch terms derived from Latin
- Romansch terms inherited from Latin
- Romansch terms inherited from Late Latin
- Romansch terms derived from Late Latin
- Romansch lemmas
- Romansch adjectives
- Rumantsch Grischun
- Sursilvan Romansch
- Sutsilvan Romansch
- Surmiran Romansch
- Puter Romansch
- Vallader Romansch