basse

See also: bassê, Bässe, and Basse

English

Noun

basse

  1. Archaic form of bass (perch).

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse bassi (bear).

Noun

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

Inflection

Derived terms

  • brumbasse

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

basse

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

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bas/, /bɑs/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

basse

  1. feminine singular of bas

Etymology 2

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

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
Derived terms

Further reading

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Interlingua

Adjective

basse (comparative plus basse, superlative le plus basse)

  1. low

Antonyms

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

basse f pl

  1. feminine plural of basso

Noun

basse f

  1. plural of bassa

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Latin

Adjective

basse

  1. vocative masculine singular of bassus

References

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pësē.

Adjective

basse

  1. holy, sacred

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • 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

Middle English

Adjective

basse

  1. Alternative form of bas

Noun

basse

  1. Alternative form of base

Norman

Adjective

basse

  1. feminine singular of bas

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpasse/

Verb

basse

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse bassi (bear).

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Old Norse bassi (bear).[2]

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

References

  1. Ivar Aasen (1850) “Basse”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
  2. “basse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bassi (bear).

Noun

basse

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

Declension

Declension of basse 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative basse bassen bassar bassarna
Genitive basses bassens bassars bassarnas

Derived terms

  • vildbasse

References

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