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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A bass singer, especially in opera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
An instrumental part written for a bass instrument.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
The double bass, or contrabasso.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Obsolete spelling of bashaw and pasha.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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noun
the lowest adult male singing voice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bass, bass voice
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Broader terms: singing voice
Narrower terms: basso profundo
noun
an adult male singer with the lowest voice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bass
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Broader terms: singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser
History
From Italian basso, from Latin bassus (“short, low”). Doublet of base and bass.
