# basse
## English
### Noun

basse
* Archaic form of bass (“perch”).

### See also

* basse court
* basse-taille

### Anagrams

* bases, bessa

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).

### Noun

basse c (singular definite bassen, plural indefinite basser)
* a big, strong man, a big thing
* an army infantryman, a private
* a Danish pastry

#### Derived terms

* brumbasse

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

basse
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of bassen

### Anagrams

* bases

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bas/ ~ /bɑs/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

basse
* feminine singular of bas

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian basso; homophony with Etymology 1 led to reinterpretation as a feminine, specifically as an ellipsis of la voix basse (“the low voice”).

#### Noun

basse f (plural basses)
* (music) bass (the lower melody)
* (music) bass (a singer of the bass melodies)
* (music) bass (the musical instrument)
* acoustic guitar

##### Derived terms

* basse continue
* contrebasse
* bassiste
* guitare basse

### Further reading

* “basse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* bases, basés

## Interlingua
### Adjective

basse (comparative plus basse, superlative le plus basse)
* low

#### Antonyms

* alte

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbas.se/
* Rhymes: -asse
* Hyphenation: bàs‧se

### Adjective

basse f pl
* feminine plural of basso

### Noun

basse f
* plural of bassa

### Anagrams

* bessa

## Latin
### Adjective

basse
* vocative masculine singular of bassus

### References

* basse in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Lule Sami
### Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pësē.

### Adjective

basse
* holy, sacred

#### Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

basse
* Alternative form of bas

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

basse
* Alternative form of base

## Norman
### Adjective

basse
* feminine singular of bas

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈpasse/

### Verb

basse
* inflection of bassit:
** first-person dual present indicative
** third-person plural past indicative

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).

### Noun

basse m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural basser, definite plural bassene)
* a big, strong man
* (especially in compounds) an unruly man

#### Derived terms

* brumlebasse
* spradebasse
* villbasse

### References

* “basse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* (Aasen): Basse (obsolete capitalization)

### Etymology

From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).

### Noun

basse m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural bassar, definite plural bassane)
* a big, strong man
* (especially in compounds) an unruly man

#### Derived terms

* brumlebasse
* spradebasse
* villbasse

### References

* ↑ Ivar Aasen (1850) “Basse”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎ (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
* ↑ “basse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).

### Noun

basse
* a big, strong man, a big thing
* an army infantryman, a private

#### Derived terms

* vildbasse

### References

* basse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* basse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* basse in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)