basset

See also: bâsset and Basset

English

Etymology

From French bassette, from Italian bassetta.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbæsɪt/

Noun

basset (countable and uncountable, plural bassets)

1. (geology) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
2. A basset hound.
3. (uncountable, card games) A card game resembling faro.
   • 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert:

     Some dress, some dance, some play, not to forget / Your piquet parties, and your dear basset.

   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 173–174:

     We are to go and see Pope's new grotto, opened for the first time; then try Hampton Court, and see if Mrs. Howard will stake a little princely gold on a pool of basset.

Verb

basset (third-person singular simple present bassets, present participle basseting, simple past and past participle basseted)

1. (geology, intransitive) To incline upward so as to appear at the surface.

   A vein of coal bassets.

See also

• basset clarinet
• basset hound
• basset horn
• basset oboe
• basset recorder

Anagrams

• Asbest, basest, bastes, beasts, esbats

French

Etymology

From bas (“low”) +‎ -et (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.sɛ/, /bɑ.sɛ/

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Noun

basset m (plural bassets)

1. basset hound

Adjective

basset (feminine bassette, masculine plural bassets, feminine plural bassettes)

1. (Louisiana, Cajun) short

Further reading

• “basset”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpasseh(t)/

Verb

basset

1. inflection of bassit:
   1. third-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person singular past indicative
   3. second-person plural imperative