# bass
## English
### Etymology 1

A respelling of base under the influence of Italian basso (“low”).

#### Alternative forms

* (noun): base (dated)

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: bās, IPA: /beɪs/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪs
* Homophone: base

#### Adjective

bass (comparative basser, superlative bassest)
* Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.
    The giant spoke in a deep, bass, rumbling voice that shook me to my boots.

##### Translations
#### Noun

bass (plural basses)
* A low spectrum of sound tones.
    Peter adjusted the equalizer on his audio equipment to emphasize the bass.
* A section of a musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than the baritone and tenor.
    The conductor preferred to situate the bass in the middle rear, rather than to one side of the orchestra.
* One who sings in the bass range.
    Halfway through middle school, Edgar morphed from a soprano to a bass, much to the amazement and amusement of his fellow choristers.
* (music) An instrument that plays in the bass range, in particular a double bass, bass guitar, electric bass or bass synthesiser.
    The musician swung the bass over his head like an axe and smashed it into the amplifier, creating a discordant howl of noise.
* The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C; a bass clef.
    The score had been written without the treble and bass, but it was easy to pick out which was which based on the location of the notes on the staff.

##### Synonyms

* (singer): basso
* (clef): F clef

##### Coordinate terms

* (voice types): soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto (female); countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass (male)
* (music) SATB (Initialism of soprano, alto, tenor, bass.)

##### Derived terms

* acoustic bass
* acoustic bass guitar
* Alberti bass
* bass bar
* bass-bar
* bass-baritone
* bass bin
* bass boat
* bass bomb
* bass C
* bass clarinet
* bass clef
* bass cliff
* bass drop
* bass drum
* bass drummer
* bass fiddle
* bass fiddler
* bass guitar
* bass guitarist
* bass horn
* bassist
* bassless
* basslike
* bassline
* bassly
* bassman
* bass music
* bassness
* bass note
* bass recorder
* bass reflex
* bass-relief
* bass sax
* bass saxophone
* bass saxophonist
* bass staff
* bass trap
* bass trombone
* bass viol
* bass violin
* bass violinist
* bass-violist
* bass violist
* basswork
* bassy
* booty bass
* concert bass drum
* doghouse bass
* double bass
* double-bass
* drill and bass
* drill 'n' bass
* drum and bass
* drum 'n' bass
* electric bass
* figured bass
* great bass
* great bass recorder
* ground bass
* hyperbass flute
* keyboard bass
* Miami bass
* midbass
* midtempo bass
* murky bass
* octobass
* play someone like a bass fiddle
* slap bass
* stand-up bass
* stride bass
* string bass
* sub-bass
* synthbass
* synth bass
* tea chest bass
* upright bass
* walking bass
* washtub bass
* wobble bass

##### Translations
#### Verb

bass (third-person singular simple present basses, present participle bassing, simple past and past participle bassed)
* To sound in a deep tone.
** 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], lines 99-99:[…] and the Thunder (That deepe and dreadfull Organ-Pipe) pronounc'd The name of Proſper : it did baſe my Treſpaſſe

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Middle English bace, bas, alteration of bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰórsos (“prickle, thorn, scale”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at barse.

#### Alternative forms

* basse (archaic)

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: băs, IPA: /bæs/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -æs
* Homophone: Bass

#### Noun

bass (countable and uncountable, plural basses or bass)
* The perch; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of Perciformes.

##### Derived terms

* basslet
* black bass (Micropterus spp.)
* largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)
* peacock bass
* sea bass
* smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
* spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus)
* striped bass (Morone saxatilis)
* white bass (Morone chrysops)
* Chilean sea bass
* European sea bass
* calico bass
* Ozark bass
* Otsego bass
* channel bass
* grass bass
* kelp bass
* rock bass
* spottail bass

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

A corruption of bast.

#### Pronunciation

* enPR: băs, IPA: /bæs/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -æs

#### Noun

bass (countable and uncountable, plural basses)
* The fibrous inner bark of the linden or lime tree, used for making mats.
* Fibers from other plants, especially palm trees
* Anything made from such fibers, such as a hassock, basket or thick mat.
** [1865, William Stott Banks, A List of Provincial Words in use at Wakefield in Yorkshire, Wakefield: J.R.Smith, page 6:BASS, 1, a door mat]
** 1982 [1980], J L Carr, A Month in the Country, Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books/Harvester Press, →ISBN, page 2:I set off half-heartedly, as best I could sheltering my spare clothes (which were in the straw fish-bass) under my coat. […] The rain made a channel from my trilby down my neck and one handle of the fish-bass gave way.

##### Derived terms

* basswood

### See also

* bass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* BSAs, SABS, sabs

## Cimbrian
### Noun

bass n (plural bèssar, diminutive bèssle)
* (Mezzaselva) Alternative form of vass

#### Declension
## German
### Etymology

Former comparative of wohl.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bas]
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

bass (strong nominative masculine singular basser, not comparable)
* greatly

#### Usage notes

This word is primarily used in the collocations bass erstaunt/basses Erstaunen.

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “bass” in Duden online
* “bass” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Kwama
### Noun

bass
* milk

### References

* Goldberg, Justin, Asadik, Habte, Bekama, Jiregna, Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary‎, SIL International

## Latvian
### Etymology 1

From Italian basso.

#### Noun

bass m (1st declension)
* bass

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *basás, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós. Cognate with Lithuanian basas, Russian босо́й (bosój), English bare.

#### Adjective

bass (definite basais, comparative basāks, superlative visbasākais, adverb basi)
* bare, unshod (of feet: without shoes, socks or other coverings)
    staigāt basām kājām ― to walk barefoot, to walk with bare feet

##### Synonyms

* kails

## Lombard
### Etymology

Akin to Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus.

### Adjective

bass
* low

## Luxembourgish
### Verb

bass
* second-person singular present indicative of sinn

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bas/
* Audio (Gozo):(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare Tunisian Arabic بص (baṣṣ, “to fart”).

#### Verb

bass (imperfect jboss, verbal noun bass)
* to fart loudly
* to boo (someone)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bus.

#### Noun

bass m (plural bassis)
* bus

### Etymology 3
#### Adverb

bass
* (obsolete) Alternative form of biss

## Manx
### Etymology

From Old Irish bas, bos (“palm”), from Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷosto-, *gʷosdʰo- (“branch”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bas/

### Noun

bass f (genitive singular bassey, plural bassyn)
* palm of hand

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Middle English
### Adjective

bass
* Alternative form of bas

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin bassus, via Italian basso.

### Noun

bass m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural basser, definite plural bassene)
* (music) bass (musical range, person, instrument or group performing in the base range)
* (music) short for bassgitar (bass guitar) or kontrabass (double bass)

#### Derived terms

* kontrabass
* snurrebass

### References

* “bass” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin bassus, via Italian basso.

### Noun

bass m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural bassar, definite plural bassane)
* (music) bass (musical range, person, instrument or group performing in the base range)
* (music) short for bassgitar (bass guitar) or kontrabass (double bass)

#### Derived terms

* kontrabass
* snurrebass

### References

* “bass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* bas (Vallader)

### Etymology

From Late Latin bassus.

### Adjective

bass m (f bassa, m pl bass, f pl bassas)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) deep, low