basse

basse

1. Archaic form of bass (“perch”).

• bases, bessa

From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).

basse c (singular definite bassen, plural indefinite basser)

1. a big, strong man, a big thing
2. an army infantryman, a private
3. a Danish pastry

• brumbasse

• Audio:

  (file)

basse

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of bassen

• bases

• IPA^(key): /bas/ ~ /bɑs/

• Audio:

  (file)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

basse

1. feminine singular of bas

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”).

basse f (plural basses)

1. (music) bass (the lower melody)
2. (music) bass (a singer of the bass melodies)
3. (music) bass (the musical instrument)
4. acoustic guitar

• basse continue
• contrebasse
• bassiste
• guitare basse

• “basse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• bases, basés

basse (comparative plus basse, superlative le plus basse)

1. low

• alte

• IPA^(key): /ˈbas.se/
• Rhymes: -asse
• Hyphenation: bàs‧se

basse f pl

1. feminine plural of basso

basse f

1. plural of bassa

• bessa

basse

1. vocative masculine singular of bassus

• 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)

From Proto-Samic *pësē.

basse

1. holy, sacred

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

• 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

basse

1. Alternative form of bas

basse

1. Alternative form of base

basse

1. feminine singular of bas

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpasse/

basse

1. inflection of bassit:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).

basse m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural basser, definite plural bassene)

1. a big, strong man
2. (especially in compounds) an unruly man

• brumlebasse
• spradebasse
• villbasse

• “basse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• (Aasen): Basse (obsolete capitalization)^[1]

From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).^[2]

basse m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural bassar, definite plural bassane)

1. a big, strong man
2. (especially in compounds) an unruly man

• brumlebasse
• spradebasse
• villbasse

From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).

basse

1. a big, strong man, a big thing
2. an army infantryman, a private

• vildbasse

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