basset
See also: bâsset and Basset
English
Etymology
From French bassette, from Italian bassetta.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbæsɪt/
Noun
basset (countable and uncountable, plural bassets)
- (geology) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
- A basset hound.
- (uncountable, card games) A card game resembling faro.
- 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert
- Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget / Your piquet parties, and your dear basset.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, pages 173–174:
- We are to go and see Pope's new grotto, opened for the first time; then try Hampton Court, and see if Mrs. Howard will stake a little princely gold on a pool of basset.
- 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert
Verb
basset (third-person singular simple present bassets, present participle basseting, simple past and past participle basseted)
- (geology, intransitive) To incline upward so as to appear at the surface.
- A vein of coal bassets.
See also
- basset clarinet
- basset hound
- basset horn
Anagrams
- Asbest, basest, bastes, beasts, esbats
French
Etymology
From bas (“low”) + -et (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.sɛ/, /bɑ.sɛ/
Audio (file)
Noun
basset m (plural bassets)
- basset hound
Adjective
basset (feminine bassette, masculine plural bassets, feminine plural bassettes)
- (Louisiana, Cajun) short
Further reading
- “basset”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpasseh(t)/
Verb
basset
- inflection of bassit:
- third-person plural present indicative
- second-person singular past indicative
- second-person plural imperative