basso

See also Basso

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æsəʊ

Etymology

From Italian, from Latin bassus (“short, low”).

Noun

Wikipedia basso (plural bassos or bassi)

1. (music) A bass singer, especially in opera.
2. (music) An instrumental part written for a bass instrument.

Related terms

• basso continuo
• basso profundo

Anagrams

• asbos, Asbos, ASBOs
• bosas

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bas‧so
• IPA: /ˈbɑsːo/

Noun

basso

1. (music) bass (voice)
2. (music) bass guitar

Declension

Declension of basso (type valo) singular plural nominative basso bassot genitive basson bassojen partitive bassoa bassoja accusative basso basson bassot 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

Derived terms

• basisti

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Italian

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Etymology

From Late Latin bassus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

basso m (f bassa, m plural bassi, f plural basse)

1. low
2. short (in height)
3. narrow, thin
4. (of water) shallow
5. (of light) faint
6. (of position) low, lower, lowered
7. (figuratively) base

Antonyms

• alto

Synonyms

• (2) piccolo
• (3) sottile, stretto
• (4) poco profondo
• (5) debole, soffuso
• (6) vile, meschino

Adverb

basso

1. low

Noun

basso m (plural bassi)

1. bottom, lower part
2. (music) bass (all senses); bass guitar
3. (music) basso

Related terms

• abbassare
• abbasso
• bassa
• bassamente
• bassezza
• bassista
• bassofondo
• bassorilievo
• bassotto
• bassotuba
• dabbasso
• in basso
• ribassare
• sbassare

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Latin

Adjective

bassō

1. dative masculine singular of bassus
2. dative neuter singular of bassus
3. ablative masculine singular of bassus
4. ablative neuter plural of bassus