basse
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
basse
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).
Noun[edit]
basse c (singular definite bassen, plural indefinite basser)
- a big, strong man, a big thing
- an army infantryman, a private
- a Danish pastry
Inflection[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Verb[edit]
basse
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective[edit]
basse
Etymology 2[edit]
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”).
Noun[edit]
basse f (plural basses)
- (music) bass (the lower melody)
- (music) bass (a singer of the bass melodies)
- (music) bass (the musical instrument)
- acoustic guitar
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “basse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Interlingua[edit]
Adjective[edit]
basse (comparative plus basse, superlative le plus basse)
Antonyms[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
basse f pl
Noun[edit]
basse f
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
basse
References[edit]
- 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)
Lule Sami[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Samic *pësē.
Adjective[edit]
basse
Inflection[edit]
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading[edit]
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
basse
- Alternative form of bas
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
basse
- Alternative form of base
Norman[edit]
Adjective[edit]
basse
Northern Sami[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
basse
- inflection of bassit:
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).
Noun[edit]
basse m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural basser, definite plural bassene)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “basse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).[2]
Noun[edit]
basse m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural bassar, definite plural bassane)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).
Noun[edit]
basse
Declension[edit]
Declension of basse | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | basse | bassen | bassar | bassarna |
Genitive | basses | bassens | bassars | bassarnas |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals
- English archaic forms
- Danish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch verb forms
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French non-lemma forms
- French adjective forms
- French terms borrowed from Italian
- French terms derived from Italian
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Music
- fr:Musical instruments
- fr:String instruments
- Interlingua lemmas
- Interlingua adjectives
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/asse
- Rhymes:Italian/asse/2 syllables
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian adjective forms
- Italian noun forms
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin adjective forms
- Lule Sami terms inherited from Proto-Samic
- Lule Sami terms derived from Proto-Samic
- Lule Sami lemmas
- Lule Sami adjectives
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English adjectives
- Middle English nouns
- Norman non-lemma forms
- Norman adjective forms
- Northern Sami terms with IPA pronunciation
- Northern Sami 2-syllable words
- Northern Sami non-lemma forms
- Northern Sami verb forms
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns