Bass
German (Berlin)
/bas/
noun
Definitions
- (sound) bass low spectrum of sound
- (music) bass singer, section of musical group
- (music) bass, double bass stringed instrument
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian basso (low, bass) derived from Latin bassus (low, short).
Origin
Latin
bassus
Gloss
low, short
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
短
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bass English
- basso English
- debase English
- *bassiare Latin
- *bassiō Latin
- bassus Latin
- Bassgitarre German
- Bassist German
- Bassposaune German
- Bassschlüssel German
- Bassstimme German
- Basssänger German
- Gitarre German
- Posaune German
- Schlüssel German
- Stimme German
- Sänger German
- basslastig German
- basszista Hungarian
- basszus Hungarian
- abbasso Italian
- bassamente Italian
- bassetto Italian
- bassezza Italian
- bassissimo Italian
- bassista Italian
- basso Italian
- bassorilievo Italian
- contrabbasso Italian
- iperbasso Italian
- au violon French
- bas French
- basse French
- infrabasse French
- bajo Spanish, Castilian
- βάσις Ancient Greek
- βᾰ́σῐς Ancient Greek
- *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éd Proto-Indo-European
- bass Norwegian Bokmål
- bas Polish
- bass Norwegian Nynorsk
- basa Czech
- bas Old French
- bas Serbo-Croatian
- бас Serbo-Croatian
- baix Catalan, Valencian
- baixar Catalan, Valencian
- abaixo Galician
- bas Welsh
- bas Norman
- basse Middle French
- abaixar Old Portuguese
- baixo Old Portuguese
- bas Occitan
- bas Romansh
- bass Romansh
- baxu Asturian
- bas Friulian
- baxo Old Spanish
- vasciu Sicilian
- baso Venetian
- bas Crimean Tatar