basso

See also: Basso and bassò

English

Etymology 1

From Italian basso, from Latin bassus (“short, low”). Doublet of base and bass.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æsəʊ

Noun

basso (plural bassos or bassi)

1. (music) A bass singer, especially in opera.
2. (music) An instrumental part written for a bass instrument.
3. (music) The double bass, or contrabasso.

Related terms

• basso cantante
• basso continuo
• basso profondo
• basso profundo

 

Etymology 2

Noun

basso (plural bassoes)

1. Obsolete spelling of bashaw or pasha.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene i:

     Great Kings of Barbary, and my portly Baſſoes,
     we heare, the Tartars & the Eaſterne theeues:
     Under the conduct of one Tamburlaine,
     Preſume a bickering with your Emperour: […]

Anagrams

• ASBOs, Asbos, asbos, bosas, sabos

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus (“thick, low”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑsːo/, [ˈbɑs̠ːo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑsːo
• Syllabification^(key): bas‧so

Noun

basso

1. (music) bass (voice; low spectrum of sound tones)
2. (music) bass guitar

Declension

Inflection of basso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		basso	bassot
genitive		basson	bassojen
partitive		bassoa	bassoja
illative		bassoon	bassoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		basso	bassot
accusative	nom.	basso	bassot
	gen.	basson
genitive		basson	bassojen
partitive		bassoa	bassoja
inessive		bassossa	bassoissa
elative		bassosta	bassoista
illative		bassoon	bassoihin
adessive		bassolla	bassoilla
ablative		bassolta	bassoilta
allative		bassolle	bassoille
essive		bassona	bassoina
translative		bassoksi	bassoiksi
instructive		—	bassoin
abessive		bassotta	bassoitta
comitative		—	bassoineen

Possessive forms of basso (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	bassoni	bassomme
2nd person	bassosi	bassonne
3rd person	bassonsa

Derived terms

• basisti

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin bassus, possibly of Ancient Greek origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbas.so/

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• Rhymes: -asso
• Syllabification: bàs‧so

Adjective

basso (feminine bassa, masculine plural bassi, feminine plural basse, superlative bassissimo)

1. low

   Antonym: alto

2. short (in height)

   Synonym: piccolo

   Antonym: alto

3. narrow, thin

   Synonyms: sottile, stretto

4. shallow (of water)

   Synonym: poco profondo

5. faint (of light)

   Synonyms: debole, soffuso

6. low, lower, lowered (of position)
7. (figurative) base

   Synonyms: vile, meschino

Adverb

basso

1. low

Noun

basso m (plural bassi)

1. bottom, lower part
2. (music) bass (all senses); bass guitar
3. (music) basso

Related terms

• abbassare
• abbasso
• bassa
• bassamente
• bassezza
• bassista
• bassofondo
• bassorilievo
• bassotto
• bassotuba
• dabbasso
• in basso
• ribassare
• sbassare

Latin

Adjective

bassō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of bassus