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• CMU ARPABET: B AE1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: B EY1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gwem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gwémtis Proto-Hellenic *gwə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base ▲ Italian bassoinflu. English bass A respelling of base under the influence of Italian basso (“low”).

From Middle English bace, bas, alteration of bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (“perch”, literally “prickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhórsos (“prickle, thorn, scale”). Cognate with Dutch baars (“perch, bass”), German Barsch (“perch”). More at barse.

A corruption of bast.

199 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: басов (basov) — low in pitch
• Catalan: baix — low in pitch
• Esperanto: basa — low in pitch
• Finnish: matala — low in pitch
• Finnish: ala- — low in pitch
• French: bas — low in pitch
• French: grave — low in pitch
• Galician: baixo — low in pitch
• Galician: grave — low in pitch
• German: bass — low in pitch
• Greek: μπάσος (básos) — low in pitch
• Greek: ήχος χαμηλής κλίμακας (íchos chamilís klímakas) — low in pitch
• Hawaiian: leo uō — low in pitch
• Hungarian: basszus — low in pitch
• Italian: basso — low in pitch
• Japanese: ベース (bēsu) — low in pitch
• Japanese: バス (basu) — low in pitch
• Latin: bassus — low in pitch
• Māori: nguru — low in pitch
• Khiamniungan Naga: tūmtûm — low in pitch
• Polish: basowy — low in pitch
• Portuguese: grave — low in pitch
• Portuguese: baixo — low in pitch
• Russian: ба́совый (básovyj) — low in pitch
• Spanish: bajo — low in pitch
• Swedish: bas — low in pitch
• Tagalog: malagong — low in pitch
• Turkish: bas — low in pitch
• Urdu: ڈھولک (ḍhōlak) — low in pitch
• Welsh: bas — low in pitch
• Abkhaz: абас (abas) — low spectrum of sound
• Abkhaz: аба́н (abán) — low spectrum of sound
• Abkhaz: абжьгәа́ҩа (abžgwájwa) — low spectrum of sound
• Bulgarian: бас (bas) — low spectrum of sound
• Catalan: baix — low spectrum of sound
• Chinese Mandarin: 低音 (dīyīn) — low spectrum of sound
• Crimean Tatar: bas — low spectrum of sound
• Dutch: bas — low spectrum of sound
• Esperanto: baso — low spectrum of sound
• Finnish: basso — low spectrum of sound
• French: basse — low spectrum of sound
• German: Bass — low spectrum of sound
• Greek: μπάσος (básos) — low spectrum of sound
• Greek: μπάσα (bása) — low spectrum of sound
• Greek: μπάσο (báso) — low spectrum of sound
• Hungarian: basszus — low spectrum of sound
• Japanese: ベース (bēsu) — low spectrum of sound
• Korean: 베이스 (beiseu) — low spectrum of sound
• Korean: 남성저음 (namseongjeo'eum) — low spectrum of sound
• Māori: reo nguru — low spectrum of sound
• Māori: reo panguru — low spectrum of sound
• Polish: bas — low spectrum of sound
• Portuguese: baixo — low spectrum of sound
• Russian: бас (bas) — low spectrum of sound
• Scottish Gaelic: beus — low spectrum of sound
• Scottish Gaelic: crònan — low spectrum of sound
• Slovene: bas — low spectrum of sound
• Spanish: bajo — low spectrum of sound
• Swedish: bas — low spectrum of sound
• Ukrainian: бас (bas) — low spectrum of sound
• Welsh: bas — low spectrum of sound
• Yiddish: באַס (bas) — low spectrum of sound
• Bulgarian: бас (bas) — section of musical group
• Crimean Tatar: bas — section of musical group
• Dutch: bas — section of musical group
• Finnish: basso — section of musical group
• German: Bass — section of musical group
• Greek: μπάσο (báso) — section of musical group
• Hungarian: basszus — section of musical group
• Korean: 베이스 (beiseu) — section of musical group
• Persian: باس (bâs) — section of musical group
• Polish: bas — section of musical group
• Portuguese: baixo — section of musical group
• Russian: бас (bas) — section of musical group
• Slovene: bas — section of musical group
• Tagalog: lagong — section of musical group
• Welsh: bas — section of musical group
• Abkhaz: аба́с (abás) — singer with a bass voice type
• Bulgarian: бас (bas) — singer with a bass voice type
• Chinese Mandarin: 男低音 — singer with a bass voice type
• Chinese Mandarin: 低音 (dīyīn) — singer with a bass voice type
• Crimean Tatar: bas — singer with a bass voice type
• Dutch: bas — singer with a bass voice type
• Finnish: basso — singer with a bass voice type
• French: basse — singer with a bass voice type
• Georgian: ბანი (bani) — singer with a bass voice type
• German: Bass — singer with a bass voice type
• Greek: βαρύτονος (varýtonos) — singer with a bass voice type
• Hungarian: basszus — singer with a bass voice type
• Italian: basso — singer with a bass voice type
• Japanese: バス (basu) — singer with a bass voice type
• Māori: reo panguru — singer with a bass voice type
• Polish: bas — singer with a bass voice type
• Portuguese: baixo — singer with a bass voice type
• Russian: бас (bas) — singer with a bass voice type
• Slovene: bas — singer with a bass voice type
• Spanish: bajo — singer with a bass voice type
• Swedish: bas — singer with a bass voice type
• Welsh: bas — singer with a bass voice type
• Yiddish: באַס (bas) — singer with a bass voice type
• Arabic: غيتار البيس — musical instrument
• Bulgarian: бас (bas) — musical instrument
• Chinese Mandarin: 貝斯 /贝斯 (bèisī) — musical instrument
• Crimean Tatar: bas — musical instrument
• Czech: basa — musical instrument
• Dutch: basgitaar — musical instrument
• Dutch: bas — musical instrument
• Faroese: bassur — musical instrument
• Finnish: basso — musical instrument
• French: basse — musical instrument
• German: Bass — musical instrument
• Greek: μπάσο (báso) — musical instrument
• Hungarian: basszusgitár — musical instrument
• Icelandic: bassagítar — musical instrument
• Italian: basso — musical instrument
• Japanese: ベース (bēsu) — musical instrument
• Korean: 베이스 (beiseu) — musical instrument
• Persian: گیتار بیس — musical instrument
• Polish: bas — musical instrument
• Portuguese: baixo — musical instrument
• Russian: бас (bas) — musical instrument
• Scottish Gaelic: beus — musical instrument
• Slovene: bas — musical instrument
• Spanish: bajo — musical instrument
• Swedish: bas — musical instrument
• Swedish: basgitarr — musical instrument
• Thai: กีตาร์เบส — musical instrument
• Vietnamese: ghi-ta bass — musical instrument
• Welsh: bas — musical instrument
• Bulgarian: басов ключ (basov ključ) — clef sign
• Finnish: bassoavain — clef sign
• German: Bassschlüssel — clef sign
• Hungarian: basszuskulcs — clef sign
• Italian: chiave di basso — clef sign
• Italian: chiave di fa — clef sign
• Polish: klucz basowy — clef sign
• Portuguese: clave de fá — clef sign
• Russian: ба́совый ключ (básovyj ključ) — clef sign
• Slovene: bas — clef sign
• Swedish: bas — clef sign
• Swedish: basklav — clef sign
• Welsh: bas — clef sign
• Abkhaz: азқәа́ч (azkwáč) — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Abkhaz: ацәабла́ (acwablá) — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Albanian: levrek — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Armenian: պերկես (perkes) — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Belarusian: аку́нь (akúnʹ) — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Belarusian: во́кунь (vókunʹ) — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Bulgarian: ко́стур (kóstur) — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Catalan: llobarro — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Cherokee: ᎤᏃᎦ (unoga) — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Chinese Mandarin: 鱸魚 /鲈鱼 (lúyú) — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Cornish: yown — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Dutch: baars — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Finnish: bassi — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Finnish: ahvenkala — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• French: bar — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• French: perche — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• French: achigan — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• German: Barsch — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Greek: πέρκα (pérka) — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Ancient Greek: λάβραξ (lábrax) — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Hungarian: sügér — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Hungarian: fekete sügér — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Hungarian: pisztrángsügér — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Indonesian: kakap — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Italian: branzino — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Italian: spigola — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Kazakh: алабұға (alabūğa) — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Latin: perca — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Latvian: asaris — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Lithuanian: ešerys — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Māori: moeone — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Māori: ngutoro — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Norwegian: bass — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Persian: خارماهی (xârmâhi) — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Polish: okoń — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Polish: bass — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Portuguese: perca — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Portuguese: achigã — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Romanian: biban — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Russian: о́кунь (ókunʹ) — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Scottish Gaelic: basan — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Scottish Gaelic: creagag-uisge — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Serbo-Croatian: гргеч — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Serbo-Croatian: grgeč — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Slovak: okúň — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Lower Sorbian: wokuń — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Lower Sorbian: wótšawa — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Spanish: róbalo — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Spanish: lubina — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Spanish: perca — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Swedish: abborre — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Turkish: levrek — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Ukrainian: о́кунь (ókunʹ) — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Welsh: draenogiad y môr — fish of the order ''Perciformes''
• Bulgarian: тътна (tǎtna) — sound in a deep tone
• Finnish: jyristä — sound in a deep tone
• Polish: basować — sound in a deep tone