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A long-necked and solid-bodied stringed instrument (chordophone), tuned to produce bass or low notes, usually with a fretted fingerboard and four thick strings, and requiring the use of an amplifier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
the guitar with six strings that has the lowest pitch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bass, guitar
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
90 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
baskitaar
— electric stringed instrument
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Arabic:
غيتار البيس
— electric stringed instrument
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Armenian:
բաս կիթառ
(bas kitʻaṙ)
— electric stringed instrument
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Asturian:
baxu
— electric stringed instrument
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Azerbaijani:
bas-gitara
— electric stringed instrument
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Basque:
baxu elektriko
— electric stringed instrument
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Belarusian:
бас-гітара
(bas-hitara)
— electric stringed instrument
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Bulgarian:
бас китара
(bas kitara)
— electric stringed instrument
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Burmese:
ဘေ့စ်ဂစ်တာ
(bhec.gacta)
— electric stringed instrument
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Catalan:
baix elèctric
— electric stringed instrument
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Chinese Mandarin:
電貝斯 /电贝斯
(diànbèisī)
— electric stringed instrument
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Chinese Mandarin:
貝斯吉他 /贝斯吉他
(bèisī jítā)
— electric stringed instrument
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Chinese Mandarin:
低音吉他
(dīyīn jítā)
— electric stringed instrument
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Chinese Mandarin:
貝斯 /贝斯
(bèisī)
— electric stringed instrument
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Czech:
baskytara
— electric stringed instrument
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Czech:
basová kytara
— electric stringed instrument
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Danish:
basguitar
— electric stringed instrument
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Dutch:
basgitaar
— electric stringed instrument
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Dutch:
bas
— electric stringed instrument
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Esperanto:
basgitaro
— electric stringed instrument
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Esperanto:
malalta
— electric stringed instrument
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Estonian:
basskitarr
— electric stringed instrument
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Finnish:
bassokitara
— electric stringed instrument
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Finnish:
basso
— electric stringed instrument
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French:
guitare basse
— electric stringed instrument
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North Frisian:
Basgitari
— electric stringed instrument
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Saterland Frisian:
Bassgitar
— electric stringed instrument
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West-Frisian:
basgitaar
— electric stringed instrument
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Galician:
baixo
— electric stringed instrument
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Georgian:
ბას-გიტარა
(bas-giṭara)
— electric stringed instrument
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German:
Bassgitarre
— electric stringed instrument
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German:
Bass
— electric stringed instrument
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German:
Bassgitarre
— electric stringed instrument
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Bavarian German:
Bossgitarr
— electric stringed instrument
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Central Franconian:
Bassjitarr
— electric stringed instrument
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Hebrew:
גיטרה בס
— electric stringed instrument
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Hindi:
बेस गिटार
(bes giṭār)
— electric stringed instrument
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Hungarian:
basszusgitár
— electric stringed instrument
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Icelandic:
bassagítar
— electric stringed instrument
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Indonesian:
gitar bas
— electric stringed instrument
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Interlingua:
guitarra basso
— electric stringed instrument
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Irish:
dordghiotár
— electric stringed instrument
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Italian:
basso elettrico
— electric stringed instrument
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Italian:
basso
— electric stringed instrument
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Italian:
chitarra basso
— electric stringed instrument
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Japanese:
ベースギター
(bēsugitā)
— electric stringed instrument
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Japanese:
ベース
(bēsu)
— electric stringed instrument
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Japanese:
エレクトリックベース
— electric stringed instrument
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Kannada:
ಗಿಟಾರ್
(giṭār)
— electric stringed instrument
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Korean:
베이스 기타
(beiseu gita)
— electric stringed instrument
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Korean:
바스 기타
(baseu gita)
— electric stringed instrument
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Latin:
cithara gravis
— electric stringed instrument
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Latvian:
basģitāra
— electric stringed instrument
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Limburgish:
basgitaar
— electric stringed instrument
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Lithuanian:
bosinė gitara
— electric stringed instrument
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Low German:
Bassgitarr
— electric stringed instrument
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Luxembourgish:
Bassgittar
— electric stringed instrument
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Macedonian:
бас-гитара
(bas-gitara)
— electric stringed instrument
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Malay:
gitar bes
— electric stringed instrument
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Malayalam:
ബേസ് ഗിറ്റാർ
(bēsŭ giṟṟāṟ)
— electric stringed instrument
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Māori:
kitā panguru
— electric stringed instrument
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Marathi:
बेस गिटार
(bes giṭār)
— electric stringed instrument
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Classical Nahuatl:
tlāhuīlnāuhmecatl
— electric stringed instrument
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Navajo:
agaanstsiin bizhítsohígíí
— electric stringed instrument
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Norwegian:
bassgitar
— electric stringed instrument
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Norwegian:
bass
— electric stringed instrument
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Persian:
گیتار بیس
— electric stringed instrument
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Polish:
gitara basowa
— electric stringed instrument
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Polish:
bas
— electric stringed instrument
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Portuguese:
baixo elétrico
— electric stringed instrument
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Portuguese:
baixo
— electric stringed instrument
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Romanian:
chitară bas
— electric stringed instrument
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Russian:
бас-гита́ра
(bas-gitára)
— electric stringed instrument
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Russian:
бас
(bas)
— electric stringed instrument
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Scottish Gaelic:
beus-ghiotàr
— electric stringed instrument
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Serbo-Croatian:
bas gitara
— electric stringed instrument
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Slovak:
basová gitara
— electric stringed instrument
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Slovene:
bas kitara
— electric stringed instrument
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Spanish:
guitarra baja
— electric stringed instrument
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Spanish:
bajo
— electric stringed instrument
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Spanish:
bajo eléctrico
— electric stringed instrument
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Swedish:
basgitarr
— electric stringed instrument
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Swedish:
bas
— electric stringed instrument
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Tamil:
கிரவ கிதார்
(kirava kitār)
— electric stringed instrument
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Thai:
กีตาร์เบส
(kītār̒ bes̄)
— electric stringed instrument
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Turkish:
bas gitar
— electric stringed instrument
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Ukrainian:
бас-гітара
(bas-hitara)
— electric stringed instrument
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Uzbek:
bas-gitara
— electric stringed instrument
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Welsh:
gitâr fas
— electric stringed instrument
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West Flemish:
basgitare
— electric stringed instrument
