basso
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English
Etymology 1
From Italian basso, from Latin bassus (“short, low”). Doublet of base and bass.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -æsəʊ
Noun
basso (plural bassos or bassi)
- (music) A bass singer, especially in opera.
- (music) An instrumental part written for a bass instrument.
- (music) The double bass, or contrabasso.
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
basso (plural bassoes)
- Obsolete spelling of bashaw or pasha.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act (please specify |act=II or 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
- ^ “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
Noun
basso
- (music) bass (voice; low spectrum of sound tones)
- (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 | ||
| abessive | bassotta | bassoitta | ||
| instructive | — | bassoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “basso”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin bassus, possibly of Ancient Greek origin.
Pronunciation
Adjective
basso (feminine bassa, masculine plural bassi, feminine plural basse, superlative bassissimo)
- low
- Antonym: alto
- short (in height)
- narrow, thin
- shallow (of water)
- faint (of light)
- low, lower, lowered (of position)
- (figurative) base
Adverb
basso
Noun
basso m (plural bassi)
Related terms
- abbassare
- abbasso
- bassa
- bassamente
- bassezza
- bassista
- bassofondo
- bassorilievo
- bassotto
- bassotuba
- dabbasso
- in basso
- ribassare
- sbassare
Latin
Adjective
bassō
Macanese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Portuguese baixo, or some dialectal variant which retains -ss- from Late Latin bassus (“low, short”), with further semantic influence from debaixo.
Adjective
basso
Derived terms
- Basso-Monte (“the lower part or area around Fortaleza do Monte”)
- Basso-Guia (“the area around Guia Hill”)
Adverb
basso
- (often with na) underneath
- Na básso di sól fórti amestê abrí paché
- Under the intense sun it is necessary to use an umbrella