bassist

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• UK, US: /ˈbeɪs.ɪst/
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• rhymes with -eɪsɪst
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• homophone: basest
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• CMU ARPABET: B EY1 S IH0 S T 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 Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English bassist From bass + -ist.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: басіст (basist) — musician
• Belarusian: бас-гітарыст (bas-hitaryst) — musician
• Belarusian: басістка (basistka) — musician
• Belarusian: бас-гітарыстка (bas-hitarystka) — musician
• Catalan: baixista — musician
• Chinese Mandarin: 貝斯手 /贝斯手 (bèisīshǒu) — musician
• Czech: basista — musician
• Dutch: bassist — musician
• Finnish: basisti — musician
• French: bassiste — musician
• Georgian: ბასისტი (basisṭi) — musician
• Georgian: ბას-გიტარისტი (bas-giṭarisṭi) — musician
• German: Bassist — musician
• Greek: μπασίστας (basístas) — musician
• Indonesian: basis — musician
• Irish: dordóir — musician
• Japanese: ベーシスト (bēsisuto) — musician
• Korean: 베이시스트 (beisiseuteu) — musician
• Polish: basista — musician
• Polish: basistka — musician
• Portuguese: baixista — musician
• Russian: баси́ст (basíst) — musician
• Russian: бас-гитари́ст (bas-gitaríst) — musician
• Russian: баси́стка (basístka) — musician
• Russian: бас-гитари́стка (bas-gitarístka) — musician
• Spanish: bajista — musician
• Swedish: basist — musician
• Ukrainian: баси́ст (basýst) — musician
• Ukrainian: бас-гітарист (bas-hitaryst) — musician
• Ukrainian: баси́стка (basýstka) — musician
• Ukrainian: бас-гітари́стка (bas-hitarýstka) — musician