contrebasse

French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian contrabbasso.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.bas/, /kɔ̃.tʁə.bɑs/
Audio (file)

Noun edit

contrebasse f (plural contrebasses)

contrabass (musical range)
double bass (string instrument)

Descendants edit

→ Persian: کنترباس (kontrbâs)
→ Turkish: kontrbas

Further reading edit

“contrebasse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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