double bass

double bass

See also: double-bass

English

Double bass with bow

Alternative forms

• double-bass

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌ.bl̩beɪs/

Noun

double bass (plural double basses)

1. The largest stringed instrument of the violin family.

   Synonyms: contrabass, upright bass, string bass, bass fiddle, bass violin, doghouse bass, bass viol, stand-up bass, bull fiddle

2. The deepest of all male voices.

   Voice of a double bass, or simply, a double bass.

Derived terms

• double bassist

Translations

largest instrument of violin family

Arabic: كَمَان أَجْهَر‎ m (kamān ʾajhar), كونترباص‎ Armenian: please add this translation if you can Asturian: contrabaxu (ast) Belarusian: кантрабас m (kantrabas), басэтля f (basetlja) Bulgarian: контрабас (kontrabas) Catalan: contrabaix (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 低音提琴 (zh) (dīyīn tíqín) Czech: kontrabas (cs) m Danish: kontrabas (da) c Dutch: contrabas (nl) m or f Finnish: kontrabasso (fi), bassoviulu, akustinen basso (fi) French: contrebasse (fr) f Friulian: cuintribàs m German: Kontrabass (de) m Hungarian: nagybőgő (hu), gordon, kontrabasszus Indonesian: bas betot, kontrabas (id) Irish: olldord m Italian: contrabbasso (it) m Japanese: コントラバス (ja) (kontorabasu), コンバス (konbasu) Korean: 콘트라베이스 (konteurabeiseu) Macedonian: ко́нтрабас m (kóntrabas) Norwegian: Bokmål: kontrabass m Nynorsk: kontrabass m Polish: kontrabas (pl) m Portuguese: contrabaixo (pt) m Romanian: contrabas (ro) n Russian: контраба́с (ru) m (kontrabás) Slovene: kontrabas (sl) m Spanish: contrabajo (es) m Swedish: kontrabas (sv) c, basfiol (sv) c Thai: ดับเบิลเบส (dàp-bə̂n-bèet) Turkish: kontrbas (tr) Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can Welsh: bas dwbl m, basgrwth m

deepest of male voices

Bulgarian: бас профундо m (bas profundo) Finnish: kontrabasso (fi) Italian: basso profondo m Portuguese: baixo profundo (pt) m Spanish: bajo profundo m

Further reading

• double bass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia