basso
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Italian basso, from Latin bassus (“short, low”)[1]. Doublet of base and bass.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -æsəʊ
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
basso (plural bassoes)
- Obsolete spelling of bashaw or pasha.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act (please specify |act=II or 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: […]
References[edit]
- ^ “basso” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus (“thick, low”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
basso
- (music) bass (voice; low spectrum of sound tones)
- (music) bass guitar
Declension[edit]
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 | ||
abessive | bassotta | bassoitta | ||
instructive | — | bassoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “basso”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin bassus, possibly of Ancient Greek origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
basso (feminine bassa, masculine plural bassi, feminine plural basse, superlative bassissimo)
- low
- Antonym: alto
- short (in height)
- narrow, thin
- shallow (of water)
- faint (of light)
- low, lower, lowered (of position)
- (figurative) base
Adverb[edit]
basso
Noun[edit]
basso m (plural bassi)
Related terms[edit]
- abbassare
- abbasso
- bassa
- bassamente
- bassezza
- bassista
- bassofondo
- bassorilievo
- bassotto
- bassotuba
- dabbasso
- in basso
- ribassare
- sbassare
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
bassō
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