basso

See also: Basso and bassò

English

Etymology 1

From Italian basso, from Latin bassus (“short, low”)[1]. Doublet of base and bass.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -æsəʊ

Noun

basso (plural bassos or bassi)

  1. (music) A bass singer, especially in opera.
  2. (music) An instrumental part written for a bass instrument.
  3. (music) The double bass, or contrabasso.

Noun

basso (plural bassoes)

  1. Obsolete spelling of bashaw or pasha.
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act 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
  1. “basso” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus (“thick, low”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑsːo/, [ˈbɑs̠ːo̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑsːo
  • Syllabification(key): bas‧so

Noun

basso

  1. (music) bass (voice; low spectrum of sound tones)
  2. (music) bass guitar

Declension
Inflection of basso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
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
instructive — bassoin
abessive bassotta bassoitta
comitative — bassoineen
Possessive forms of basso (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person bassoni bassomme
2nd person bassosi bassonne
3rd person bassonsa

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin bassus, possibly of Ancient Greek origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbas.so/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -asso
  • Hyphenation: bàs‧so

Adjective

basso (feminine bassa, masculine plural bassi, feminine plural basse, superlative bassissimo)

  1. low
    Antonym: alto
  2. short (in height)
    Synonym: piccolo
    Antonym: alto
  3. narrow, thin
    Synonyms: sottile, stretto
  4. shallow (of water)
    Synonym: poco profondo
  5. faint (of light)
    Synonyms: debole, soffuso
  6. low, lower, lowered (of position)
  7. (figurative) base
    Synonyms: vile, meschino

Adverb

basso

  1. low

Noun

basso m (plural bassi)

  1. bottom, lower part
  2. (music) bass (all senses); bass guitar
  3. (music) basso

Latin

Adjective

bassō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of bassus
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