# bas
## Translingual
### Symbol

bas
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Basaa.

## English
### Noun

bas
* plural of ba

### Verb

bas
* third-person singular simple present indicative of ba

### Anagrams

* SBA, sab, sab., Abs, ABs, abs, abs., ABS, Sab., SAB, abs-, ASB, A.B.s, BSA

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɑs]

### Etymology 1

From Dutch bas, borrowed from Middle French basse, from Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus.

#### Noun

bas (plural basse, diminutive bassie)
* bass (low frequencies of sound)
* (music) bass (instrument)
* (music) a bass singer

### Etymology 2

From Dutch bast, from Middle Dutch bast, from Old Dutch *bast, from Proto-West Germanic *bast, from Proto-Germanic *bastaz.

#### Noun

bas (plural baste, diminutive bastjie)
* bark, rind
* fruit husk
* bast

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* balas

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧las

### Noun

bas
* sand

## Cimbrian
### Alternative forms

* baz (Luserna)

### Etymology

From Middle High German waz, from Old High German waz, from Proto-West Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, nominative and accusative singular neuter of *hwaz. Cognate with German was, English what.

### Pronoun

bas (dative bassame)
* (Sette Comuni, interrogative) what, which
    Bas hasto khöt? ― What did you say?
    Bas khösto? ― What are you saying?

#### Derived terms

* von bassame

### References

* “bas” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From Italian basso (“low”).

### Noun

bas
* bass, bass singer

#### Declension
### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bas
* Rhymes: -ɑs
* Homophone: Bas

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French basse, from Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus.

#### Noun

bas m (plural bassen, diminutive basje n)
* bass (instrument)
* bass (low frequencies of sound)
* bass (singing voice)

##### Derived terms

* basgitaar
* basklarinet
* baslijn
* bassist
* contrabas

##### Descendants

* → Indonesian: bas (“bass”)
* → Papiamentu: bas
* → Sranan Tongo: bas

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

bas
* inflection of bassen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba/ ~ /bɑ/
* Audio; “les bas”:(file)
* Homophones: bât, bâts (general), bat, bats (some speakers)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French bas, from Late Latin bassus.

#### Adjective

bas (feminine basse, masculine plural bas, feminine plural basses)
* low
* bass

##### Derived terms

* à bas
* à bas bruit
* à voix basse
* au bas mot
* bas clergé
* bas de plafond
* bas latin
* bas monde
* bas peuple
* Bas-Canada
* bas-relief
* bassement
* Basses-Alpes
* Basses-Pyrénées
* bassesse
* chapeau bas
* clarinette basse
* coup bas
* de bas étage
* en bas âge
* faire main basse
* faire profil bas
* marée basse
* messe basse
* table basse

#### Adverb

bas
* low

##### Derived terms

* bas les masques
* bas les pattes

#### Noun

bas m (plural bas)
* socks; stockings; feet
* lower end; bottom (of a thing)

##### Derived terms

* bas de laine
* des hauts et des bas
* en bas
* là-bas
* mettre à bas
* mettre bas
* nivellement par le bas
* note de bas de page

### Etymology 2

Shortened from bas-de-chausses.

#### Noun

bas m (plural bas)
* stocking

##### Derived terms

* bas à jour
* bas autofixant
* bas couture
* bas résille
* bas relief

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* ABS

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Late Latin bassus.

### Adjective

bas
* low

#### Antonyms

* alt

## Hausa
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bâs/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [bâs]

### Noun

bâs f (plural bâs-bâs)
* bus

## Iban
### Etymology

From English bus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bas]

### Noun

bas
* bus

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbas]
* Rhymes: -bas, -as, -s
* Hyphenation: bas

### Etymology 1

From Dutch bas (“bass”), from Middle French basse, from Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus.

#### Noun

bas (plural bas-bas)
* bass,
** a low spectrum of sound tones
** a section of musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than the baritone and tenor
** one who sings in the bass range

### Etymology 2

From Dutch baas (“boss”), from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-Germanic *baswô. Cognates include Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”); possibly also Old High German basa ("father's sister, cousin"; > German Base (“aunt, cousin”)). Doublet of bos.

#### Noun

bas (plural bas-bas)
* (colloquial) boss, chief, superior
    Synonyms: bos, mandor, pemborong, pembesar, kepala

##### Alternative forms

* baas (1901–1947)

##### Descendants

* → Min Nan: 默氏, 默是.

### References

* ↑ Salmon Claudine. Malay (and Javanese) Loan-words in Chinese as a Mirror of Cultural Exchanges. In: Archipel, volume 78, 2009. pp. 181-208

### Further reading

* “bas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bˠasˠ/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English bace, alteration of bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars (“perch”).

#### Noun

bas f (genitive singular baise, nominative plural basa)
* sea bass

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
bas
basa
vocative
a bhas
a bhasa
genitive
baise
bas
dative
bas
basa
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an bhas
na basa
genitive
na baise
na mbas
dative
leis an mbas don bhas
leis na basa :

##### Synonyms

* doingean mara

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English boss, from Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-Germanic *baswô, masculine form of *baswǭ (“father's sister, aunt, cousin”).

#### Noun

bas m (genitive singular bas, nominative plural basanna)
* boss (person in charge)
* the best (of its class, etc.)

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
bas
basanna
vocative
a bhas
a bhasanna
genitive
bas
basanna
dative
bas
basanna
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an bas
na basanna
genitive
an bhas
na mbasanna
dative
leis an mbas don bhas
leis na basanna :

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

bas f (genitive singular baise, nominative plural basa)
* Alternative form of bos

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 67

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bas/
* Rhymes: -as, -bas

### Noun

bas (Jawi spelling بس, plural bas-bas, informal 1st possessive basku, 2nd possessive basmu, 3rd possessive basnya)
* bus

#### Alternative forms

* bis (nonstandard Indonesian)
* bus (standard Indonesian)

### Further reading

* “bas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French bas, from Late Latin bassus.

#### Alternative forms

* baas, bace, base, bass, basse

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baːs/, /bas/

#### Adjective

bas
* Low, short; lacking in height or altitude.
* Positioned or placed low; lower than surrounding places.
* Quiet; lacking in loudness or volume.
* Poor, unlucky, common; of low rank or wealth.
* (rare) Low-quality; degraded.

##### Descendants

* English: base, bass
* Scots: base

##### References

* “bā̆s, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bas
* Alternative form of base

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Late Latin bassus.

### Adjective

bas m
* (Guernsey, Jersey) low
** 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 539:Grànd maïr ou morte iaue, La lune au sud, il est basse iaue.Whether it be spring tides or neap tides, when the moon is due south it will be low water.

#### Derived terms

* bas dg'ieau (“low water, low tide”)
* bas hèrnais (“very low axle cart”)
* bas-mât (“lower mast”)
* bâsse-ieau (“low tide”)
* bâssement

### Noun

bas m (plural bas)
* (Jersey) ground floor

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* baish (Gascony)

### Etymology

From Late Latin bassus.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Adjective

bas m (feminine singular bassa, masculine plural basses, feminine plural bassas)
* low
    Antonyms: naut, aut

## Old French
### Etymology

From Late Latin bassus.

### Adjective

bas m (oblique and nominative feminine singular base)
* low (near the ground)

#### Descendants

* French: bas
* Norman: bas
* → Middle English: bas, baas, bace, base, bass, basse
** English: base, bass
** Scots: base

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bas/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *bostā (“palm, fist”) (compare Breton boz (“hollow of the hand”)), from dialectal Proto-Indo-European *gʷost-eh₂ ~ *gʷosdʰ-eh₂ (“branch”).

#### Noun

bas f
* palm (of the hand)

##### Inflection

* $^H$ = triggers aspiration
* $^L$ = triggers lenition
* $^N$ = triggers nasalization

##### Alternative forms

* bos

##### Related terms

* lám (“hand”)

##### Descendants

* Irish: bos, bas
** → Yola: baush, bash
* Scottish Gaelic: bas

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

bas
* third-person singular present subjunctive relative of is

##### Alternative forms

* bes

### Mutation

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

## Palauan
### Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *baca, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀah.

### Noun

bas
* ember

## Phalura
### Etymology

From Urdu بس (bas), from Persian بس (bas, “enough”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bas/

### Adverb

bas (Perso-Arabic spelling بس)
* enough
* in short
* okay

### References

* Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “bas”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

## Polish
### Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Italian basso, or from French basse or German Bass, ultimately from Latin bassus. Compare Slovincian bas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbas/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Kuyavia) IPA: /ˈbas/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -as
* Syllabification: bas

### Noun

bas m inan (related adjective basowy)
* (music) bass (the lowest male voice)
* (colloquial) bass, bass guitar
** (more specifically, Kuyavia, in the plural) contrabass
* (colloquial) liter of vodka

#### Declension
### Noun

bas m pers
* (music) bass (person who sings in the bass register)

#### Derived terms

* basista
* basistka
* basować impf

#### Descendants

* → Kashubian: bas

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “bas”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ bas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* ↑ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “bas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna: “jak wszelkie inne nazwy, alt i t. d., z łac.; bassus, ‘niski’”.

### Further reading

* bas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* bas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Oskar Kolberg (1867) “basy”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 268

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian basso or French basse.

### Noun

bas m (uncountable)
* (music) bass

#### Declension
## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* bass (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

### Etymology

From Late Latin bassus.

### Adjective

bas m (f bassa, m pl bas, f pl bassas)
* (Vallader) deep, low

## Salar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bars.

### Noun

bas (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])
* tiger

### References

Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “bas”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish bas.

### Noun

bas f (dative singular bois, genitive singular boise, plural basan)
* palm (of a hand)
    buailibh ur basan ― clap your hands
* (dated) spoke

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bâs/

### Noun

bȁs m (Cyrillic spelling ба̏с)
* bass

#### Declension
### References

* “bas”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /báːs/

### Noun

bȃs m inan
* bass (low frequency sound)

#### Inflection
## Slovincian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Bass. Compare Kashubian bas and Polish bas.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbas/
* Rhymes: -as
* Syllabification: bas

### Noun

bas m inan (related adjective basôwy)
* (music) bass, double bass (largest stringed instrument of the violin family)

#### Derived terms

* basnjik

### Further reading

* Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “bãs”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 17

## Southern Kam
### Noun

bas
* aunt

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Latin basis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑːs/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bas c
* base; foundation
* (mathematics) base, basis; a set of vectors which span a certain space
* (mathematics) base; the lower, horizontal line in a triangle or the horizontal plane in a cone, pyramid etc.
* (chemistry) base; alkali
* (molecular biology, colloquial) nucleotide in the context of a DNA or RNA polymer
* bass guitar
* a permanent structure for housing a military

#### Synonyms

* (foundation): grund
* (military): militärbas

#### See also

* basvektor

### Noun

bas c
* (dated) a (minor) officer or boss; the person in charge of the daily work

#### Synonyms

* arbetsledare

#### See also

* basa

### Noun

bas c
* (uncountable, music) the tones of lowest frequency
* musical instruments, musicians, singers or loudspeakers presenting such tones

#### See also

* baryton
* basfiol
* bashögtalare
* basist
* bastuba
* elbas
* kontrabas
* tenor

### Further reading

* bas in Svensk ordbok.

## Tatar
### Alternative forms

* pas

### Noun

bas
* price

## Ternate
### Etymology

Possibly from Dutch bassin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbas]

### Noun

bas
* a washbasin

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English bus.

### Noun

bas
* bus

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbas/

### Etymology 1

From French basse, from Italian basso, from Latin bassus.

#### Noun

bas (definite accusative bası, plural baslar)
* (music) bass

##### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
bas
baslar
definite accusative
bası
basları
dative
basa
baslara
locative
basta
baslarda
ablative
bastan
baslardan
genitive
basın
basların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
basım
baslarım
2nd singular
basın
basların
3rd singular
bası
basları
1st plural
basımız
baslarımız
2nd plural
basınız
baslarınız
3rd plural
basları
basları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
basımı
baslarımı
2nd singular
basını
baslarını
3rd singular
basını
baslarını
1st plural
basımızı
baslarımızı
2nd plural
basınızı
baslarınızı
3rd plural
baslarını
baslarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
basıma
baslarıma
2nd singular
basına
baslarına
3rd singular
basına
baslarına
1st plural
basımıza
baslarımıza
2nd plural
basınıza
baslarınıza
3rd plural
baslarına
baslarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
basımda
baslarımda
2nd singular
basında
baslarında
3rd singular
basında
baslarında
1st plural
basımızda
baslarımızda
2nd plural
basınızda
baslarınızda
3rd plural
baslarında
baslarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
basımdan
baslarımdan
2nd singular
basından
baslarından
3rd singular
basından
baslarından
1st plural
basımızdan
baslarımızdan
2nd plural
basınızdan
baslarınızdan
3rd plural
baslarından
baslarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
basımın
baslarımın
2nd singular
basının
baslarının
3rd singular
basının
baslarının
1st plural
basımızın
baslarımızın
2nd plural
basınızın
baslarınızın
3rd plural
baslarının
baslarının
Predicative forms
singular
plural
1st singular
basım
baslarım
2nd singular
bassın
baslarsın
3rd singular
bas bastır
baslar baslardır
1st plural
basız
baslarız
2nd plural
bassınız
baslarsınız
3rd plural
baslar
baslardır :

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

bas
* second-person singular imperative of basmak

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baːs/
* Rhymes: -aːs

### Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh bas, from Old French bas, from Latin bassus (“short, low”).

#### Adjective

bas (feminine singular bas, plural beision, equative based, comparative basach, superlative basaf)
* shallow, not deep
    Paid â neidio i mewn i ben bas y pwll.Don't jump into the shallow end of the pool.
* insubstantial, superficial
* base, worthless

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin basis (“foundation, base”) and from English base.

#### Noun

bas m (plural basau)
* base, basis, foundation
    Synonyms: sail, sawd, sylfaen
    Y nod yw taro'r bêl gyda'r bat a rhedeg i gyrraedd cynifer ag sydd modd o'r basau nes cyrraedd yn ôl i'r bas cychwynnol.The aim is to hit the ball with the bat and run in order to reach as many of the bases as possible until you arrive back at the initial base.
* (chemistry) base
    Synonym: sawd
    Antonym: asid

##### Derived terms

* bas data (“database”)
* pêl-fas (“baseball”)

##### Related terms

* alcali (“alkali”)
* asid (“acid”)

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English bass or perhaps the same word as the first definition above.

#### Noun

bas m (plural basau)
* (music) bass
    Mae e'n canu bas.He sings bass.

##### Derived terms

* bas dwbl (“double bass”)

### Etymology 4

Cf. Irish bás (“death”).

#### Noun

bas f (plural basau)
* swoon, rapture, faint
* fit
* death
    Synonyms: marwolaeth, tranc

### Mutation

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