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The largest stringed instrument of the violin family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bass fiddle, bass viol, bass violin, bull fiddle, contrabass, doghouse bass, stand-up bass, string bass, upright bass
Antonyms: none provided
The deepest of all male voices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Voice of a double bass, or simply, a double bass.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
largest and lowest member of the violin family
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bass fiddle, bass viol, bull fiddle, contrabass, string bass
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bass, bowed stringed instrument, string
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
kontrabas
— largest instrument of violin family
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Arabic:
كَمَان أَجْهَر
(kamān ʔajhar)
— largest instrument of violin family
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Arabic:
كونترباص
— largest instrument of violin family
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Asturian:
contrabaxu
— largest instrument of violin family
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Belarusian:
кантрабас
(kantrabas)
— largest instrument of violin family
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Belarusian:
басэтля
(basetlja)
— largest instrument of violin family
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Bulgarian:
контрабас
(kontrabas)
— largest instrument of violin family
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Catalan:
contrabaix
— largest instrument of violin family
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Chinese Mandarin:
低音提琴
(dīyīn tíqín)
— largest instrument of violin family
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Czech:
kontrabas
— largest instrument of violin family
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Danish:
kontrabas
— largest instrument of violin family
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Dutch:
contrabas
— largest instrument of violin family
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Finnish:
kontrabasso
— largest instrument of violin family
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Finnish:
bassoviulu
— largest instrument of violin family
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Finnish:
akustinen basso
— largest instrument of violin family
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French:
contrebasse
— largest instrument of violin family
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Friulian:
cuintribàs
— largest instrument of violin family
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German:
Kontrabass
— largest instrument of violin family
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Greek:
κοντραμπάσο
(kontrampáso)
— largest instrument of violin family
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Hungarian:
nagybőgő
— largest instrument of violin family
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Hungarian:
gordon
— largest instrument of violin family
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Hungarian:
kontrabasszus
— largest instrument of violin family
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Indonesian:
bas betot
— largest instrument of violin family
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Indonesian:
kontrabas
— largest instrument of violin family
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Irish:
olldord
— largest instrument of violin family
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Italian:
contrabbasso
— largest instrument of violin family
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Japanese:
コントラバス
(kontorabasu)
— largest instrument of violin family
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Japanese:
コンバス
(konbasu)
— largest instrument of violin family
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Korean:
콘트라베이스
(konteurabeiseu)
— largest instrument of violin family
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Macedonian:
ко́нтрабас
(kóntrabas)
— largest instrument of violin family
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kontrabass
— largest instrument of violin family
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kontrabass
— largest instrument of violin family
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Persian:
کنترباس
(kontrbâs)
— largest instrument of violin family
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Polish:
kontrabas
— largest instrument of violin family
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Portuguese:
contrabaixo
— largest instrument of violin family
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Romanian:
contrabas
— largest instrument of violin family
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Russian:
контраба́с
(kontrabás)
— largest instrument of violin family
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Scottish Gaelic:
beus
— largest instrument of violin family
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Scottish Gaelic:
beus-fhìdheall
— largest instrument of violin family
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Scottish Gaelic:
beus dùbailte
— largest instrument of violin family
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Slovene:
kontrabas
— largest instrument of violin family
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Spanish:
contrabajo
— largest instrument of violin family
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Swedish:
kontrabas
— largest instrument of violin family
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Swedish:
basfiol
— largest instrument of violin family
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Thai:
ดับเบิลเบส
(dàp-bə̂n-bèet)
— largest instrument of violin family
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Turkish:
kontrbas
— largest instrument of violin family
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Ukrainian:
контраба́с
(kontrabás)
— largest instrument of violin family
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Welsh:
bas dwbl
— largest instrument of violin family
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Welsh:
basgrwth
— largest instrument of violin family
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Bulgarian:
бас профундо
(bas profundo)
— deepest of male voices
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Finnish:
kontrabasso
— deepest of male voices
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Italian:
basso profondo
— deepest of male voices
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Polish:
bas
— deepest of male voices
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Portuguese:
baixo profundo
— deepest of male voices
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Spanish:
bajo profundo
— deepest of male voices
