contrebasse
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian contrabbasso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.bas/, /kɔ̃.tʁə.bɑs/
Audio (file)
Noun
contrebasse f (plural contrebasses)
- contrabass (musical range)
- double bass (string instrument)
Descendants
- → Persian: کنترباس (kontrbâs)
- → Turkish: kontrbas
Further reading
- “contrebasse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.