Bass

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Table of contents

1 English

1.1 Etymology
1.2 Adjective
1.3 Translations
1.4 Noun

English

Etymology

From Italian basso, low, from Latin bassus

Adjective

bass

low, particularly low in pitch or frequency

Translations

German: bass
Italian: basso m
Latin: bassus m
Polish: basowy m, basowa f
Spanish: bajo m, baja f
Russian: бас
Turkish: bas

Noun

bass

Low spectrum of sound tones
Section of musical group that produces low pitched sound, lower than tenor. Also a person who sings in that range, or an instrument that plays in that range.
The clef sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C. Also called F clef.
Kind of fish of family Percidae

WordNet Definitions

eight

1. bass -- (the lowest part of the musical range).
2. bass, bass part -- (the lowest part in polyphonic music).
3. bass, basso -- (an adult male singer with the lowest voice).
4. sea bass, bass -- (the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae).
5. freshwater bass, bass -- (any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)).
6. bass, bass voice, basso -- (the lowest adult male singing voice).
7. bass -- (the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments).
8. bass -- (nontechnical name for any of numerous edible marine and freshwater spiny-finned fishes).

one

1. bass, deep -- (having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet").

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