basset

See also: bâsset

English

Etymology

From French bassette, from Italian bassetta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæsɪt/

Noun

basset (countable and uncountable, plural bassets)

1. (geology) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
2. A basset hound.
3. (uncountable, card games) A card game resembling faro.
   • Rowe

     Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget / Your piquet parties, and your dear basset.

Verb

basset (third-person singular simple present bassets, present participle basseting, simple past and past participle basseted)

1. (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

• basest, bastes, beasts, esbats

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French

Etymology

Diminutive of bas (“low”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.sɛ/, /bɑ.sɛ/

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Noun

basset m (plural bassets)

1. basset hound

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpasseh(t)/

Verb

basset

1. inflection of bassit:
   1. third-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person singular past indicative
   3. second-person plural imperative