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See also: Bass and Baß

English

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Etymology 1

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A bass voice singing a soprano part
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A bass guitar
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis
Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis
Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor.
Latin basis
Old French basebor.
Middle English base
English base
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Italian bassoinflu.
English bass

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

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    Adjective

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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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    Noun

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    bass (plural basses)

    1. A low spectrum of sound tones.
      Peter adjusted the equalizer on his audio equipment to emphasize the bass.
    2. (music) A section of a musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than the baritone and tenor.
      Coordinate terms: (female) soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto; (male) countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass
      The conductor preferred to situate the bass in the middle rear, rather than to one side of the orchestra.
    3. (music) One who sings in the bass range.
      Synonym: basso
      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 bass guitar, double bass, 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. (music notation) The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C.
      Synonyms: bass clef, F 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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    • Chinese:
    • → Japanese: ベース (bēsu)
    • → Korean: 베이스 (beiseu)
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    Verb

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    bass (third-person singular simple present basses, present participle bassing, simple past and past participle bassed)

    1. (transitive) 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, sense 1)

      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

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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

        German

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        Etymology

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        From Middle High German baȥ, from Old High German baȥ, from Proto-Germanic *batiz (“better”, adverb), comparative of *wela (“well”), whence German wohl. Represents the old adverb form of besser, whose adverbial use developed in Middle High German. Attributive use of bass, in turn, is much more recent and has remained rare.

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        bass

        1. (dated higher register, sometimes humorous) greatly, totally, immensely; used with erstaunt (“astonished”) or, less often, other words expressing a sudden reaction/emotion
          Ich war bass erstaunt. ― I was totally astonished.
          Das hat mich bass überrascht. ― That greatly surprised me.
        2. (obsolete) better, more properly, readily

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        Adjective

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        bass (strong nominative masculine singular basser, not comparable)

        1. (by extension, rare) great, total, immense; with nouns expressing astonishment etc. (as above)
          basses Erstaunen ― stark astonishment

        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[1] (in German)

        Kwama

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        Noun

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        bass

        1. milk

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        • Goldberg, Justin; Asadik, Habte; Bekama, Jiregna; Mengistu, Mulat (2016), Gwama – English Dictionary‎[2], SIL International

        Latvian

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        Etymology 1

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        From Italian basso.

        Noun

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        bass m (1st declension)

        1. bass

        Etymology 2

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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
        Declension
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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 bass basi basa basas
        genitive basa basu basas basu
        dative basam basiem basai basām
        accusative basu basus basu basas
        instrumental basu basiem basu basām
        locative basā basos basā basās
        vocative — — — —
        Definite declension (noteiktā galotne) of bass
        masculine (vīriešu dzimte) feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
        singular
        (vienskaitlis)         		plural
        (daudzskaitlis)         		singular
        (vienskaitlis)         		plural
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        nominative basais basie basā basās
        genitive basā baso basās baso
        dative basajam basajiem basajai basajām
        accusative baso basos baso basās
        instrumental baso basajiem baso basajām
        locative basajā basajos basajā basajās
        vocative baso, basais basie baso, basā basās
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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

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        bass

        1. second-person singular present indicative of sinn

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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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        Noun

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        bass m (collective, singulative bassa, plural bases, paucal bassiet)

        1. farting
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        Conjugation of bass (Form I)
        positive forms
        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
        negative forms
        singular plural
        1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
        perfect m bassejtx bassejtx bassx bassejniex bassejtux bassewx
        f bassitx
        imperfect m nbossx tbossx jbossx nbossux tbossux jbossux
        f tbossx
        imperative tbossx tbossux
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        Etymology 2

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        Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der.
        Proto-Italic *opnis
        Latin omnis
        Latin omnibuslbor.
        French omnibusbor.
        English omnibusclip.
        English busbor.
        Maltese bass

          Borrowed from English bus.

          Noun

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          bass m (plural basis or bassijiet)

          1. bus
            Synonym: xarabank

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          Adverb

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          bass

          1. (obsolete) alternative form of biss

          Manx

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          Etymology

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          From Old Irish bas, bos (“palm”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷosto-, *gʷosdʰo- (“branch”).

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          bass f (genitive singular bassey, plural bassyn)

          1. palm of hand

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          Mutation of bass
          radical lenition eclipsis
          bass vass mass

          Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
          All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

          References

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          1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
          2. ^ Christopher Lewin (forthcoming), Sheean as Screeu, St John's: Culture Vannin, pages 51, 151, 227

          Middle English

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          Adjective

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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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          Etymology

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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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