basso
See also: Basso and bassò
English
Etymology 1
From Italian basso, from Latin bassus (“short, low”)[1]. Doublet of base and bass.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æsəʊ
Noun
basso (plural bassos or bassi)
- (music) A bass singer, especially in opera.
- (music) An instrumental part written for a bass instrument.
- (music) The double bass, or contrabasso.
Related terms
- basso cantante
- basso continuo
- basso profondo
- basso profundo
Noun
basso (plural bassoes)
- Obsolete spelling of bashaw or pasha.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene i:
- Great Kings of Barbary, and my portly Baſſoes,
we heare, the Tartars & the Eaſterne theeues:
Under the conduct of one Tamburlaine,
Preſume a bickering with your Emperour: […]
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References
- “basso” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.
Anagrams
- ASBOs, Asbos, asbos, bosas, sabos
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus (“thick, low”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑsːo/, [ˈbɑs̠ːo̞]
- Rhymes: -ɑsːo
- Syllabification(key): bas‧so
Noun
basso
- (music) bass (voice; low spectrum of sound tones)
- (music) bass guitar
Declension
Inflection of basso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | basso | bassot | |
genitive | basson | bassojen | |
partitive | bassoa | bassoja | |
illative | bassoon | bassoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | basso | bassot | |
accusative | nom. | basso | bassot |
gen. | basson | ||
genitive | basson | bassojen | |
partitive | bassoa | bassoja | |
inessive | bassossa | bassoissa | |
elative | bassosta | bassoista | |
illative | bassoon | bassoihin | |
adessive | bassolla | bassoilla | |
ablative | bassolta | bassoilta | |
allative | bassolle | bassoille | |
essive | bassona | bassoina | |
translative | bassoksi | bassoiksi | |
instructive | — | bassoin | |
abessive | bassotta | bassoitta | |
comitative | — | bassoineen |
Possessive forms of basso (type valo) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | bassoni | bassomme |
2nd person | bassosi | bassonne |
3rd person | bassonsa |
Derived terms
- basisti
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin bassus, possibly of Ancient Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbas.so/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -asso
- Hyphenation: bàs‧so
Adjective
basso (feminine bassa, masculine plural bassi, feminine plural basse, superlative bassissimo)
- low
- Antonym: alto
- short (in height)
- Synonym: piccolo
- Antonym: alto
- narrow, thin
- Synonyms: sottile, stretto
- shallow (of water)
- Synonym: poco profondo
- faint (of light)
- Synonyms: debole, soffuso
- low, lower, lowered (of position)
- (figurative) base
- Synonyms: vile, meschino
Adverb
basso
- low
Noun
basso m (plural bassi)
- bottom, lower part
- (music) bass (all senses); bass guitar
- (music) basso
Related terms
- abbassare
- abbasso
- bassa
- bassamente
- bassezza
- bassista
- bassofondo
- bassorilievo
- bassotto
- bassotuba
- dabbasso
- in basso
- ribassare
- sbassare
Latin
Adjective
bassō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of bassus