basse

basse

See also: bassê, Bässe, and Basse

English

Noun

basse

1. Archaic form of bass (“perch”).

Anagrams

• bases, bessa

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).

Noun

basse c (singular definite bassen, plural indefinite basser)

1. a big, strong man, a big thing
2. an army infantryman, a private
3. a Danish pastry

Inflection

Declension of basse

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	basse	bassen	basser	basserne
genitive	basses	bassens	bassers	bassernes

Derived terms

• brumbasse

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

basse

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of bassen

Anagrams

• bases

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bas/, /bɑs/

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Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

basse

1. feminine singular of bas

Etymology 2

From Italian basso; homophony with Etymology 1 led to reinterpretation as a feminine, specifically as an ellipsis of la voix basse (“the low voice”).

Noun

basse f (plural basses)

1. (music) bass (the lower melody)
2. (music) bass (a singer of the bass melodies)
3. (music) bass (the musical instrument)
4. acoustic guitar

Derived terms

• basse continue
• contrebasse
• bassiste
• guitare basse

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bases, basés

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Interlingua

Adjective

basse (comparative plus basse, superlative le plus basse)

1. low

Antonyms

• alte

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbas.se/
• Rhymes: -asse
• Hyphenation: bàs‧se

Adjective

basse f pl

1. feminine plural of basso

Noun

basse f

1. plural of bassa

Anagrams

• bessa

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Latin

Adjective

basse

1. vocative masculine singular of bassus

References

• basse in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pësē.

Adjective

basse

1. holy, sacred

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Middle English

Adjective

basse

1. Alternative form of bas

Noun

basse

1. Alternative form of base

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Norman

Adjective

basse

1. feminine singular of bas

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpasse/

Verb

basse

1. inflection of bassit:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).

Noun

basse m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural basser, definite plural bassene)

1. a big, strong man
2. (especially in compounds) an unruly man

Derived terms

• brumlebasse
• spradebasse
• villbasse

References

• “basse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (Aasen): Basse (obsolete capitalization)[1]

Etymology

From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).[2]

Noun

basse m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural bassar, definite plural bassane)

1. a big, strong man
2. (especially in compounds) an unruly man

Derived terms

• brumlebasse
• spradebasse
• villbasse

References

1. Ivar Aasen (1850), “Basse”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
2. “basse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).

Noun

basse

1. a big, strong man, a big thing
2. an army infantryman, a private

Declension

Declension of basse
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	basse	bassen	bassar	bassarna
Genitive	basses	bassens	bassars	bassarnas

Derived terms

• vildbasse

References