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bas

bas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bas"

English

Noun

bas

  1. plural of ba

Verb

bas

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of ba

Cimbrian

Pronoun

bas

  1. what
  2. which

References

  • “bas” in Umberto Martello Martalar, Alfonso Bellotto, Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Setti Communi vicentini, 1st edition, 1974.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Italian basso (low).

Noun

bas

  1. bass, bass singer

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

bas f (plural bassen, diminutive basje n)

  1. bass (instrument)
  2. bass (low frequencies of sound)

Derived terms

Verb

bas

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bassen
  2. imperative of bassen

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑ/

Etymology 1

From Old French bas, from Late Latin bassus.

Adjective

bas m (feminine singular basse, masculine plural bas, feminine plural basses)

  1. low
  2. bass
Derived terms

Adverb

bas

  1. low

Noun

bas m (plural bas)

  1. lower end; bottom, foot
See also

Etymology 2

Shortened from bas-de-chausses.

Noun

bas m (plural bas)

  1. stocking
Derived terms

Anagrams


Friulian

Etymology

From Late Latin bassus.

Adjective

bas

  1. low

Antonyms


Hausa

Noun

bâs f (plural bas bas)

  1. bus

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bˠasˠ/

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Middle English bas, alteration of bars, from Old English bærs (a fish, perch), from Proto-Germanic *barsaz (perch), from Proto-Indo-European *bhars-, *bharst- (prickle, thorn, scale).

Noun

bas f (genitive singular baise, nominative plural basa)

  1. sea bass
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English boss, from Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (master of a household, friend), from Old Dutch *baso (uncle, kinsman), from Proto-Germanic *baswô, masculine form of *baswōn (father's sister, aunt, cousin).

Noun

bas m (genitive singular bas, nominative plural basanna)

  1. boss (person in charge)
  2. the best (of its class, etc.)
Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

bas f (genitive singular baise, nominative plural basa)

  1. Alternative form of bos

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bas bhas mbas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Lojban

Rafsi

bas

  1. rafsi of basti.

Malay

Etymology

Borrowing from English bus.

Noun

bas

  1. bus

Norman

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Late Latin bassus.

Adjective

bas m

  1. (Guernsey, Jersey) low

Derived terms

Noun

bas m (plural bas)

  1. (Jersey) ground floor

Old French

Etymology

From Latin bassus.

Adjective

bas m (oblique and nominative feminine singular base)

  1. low (near the ground)

Descendants

  • English: base (borrowed)
  • French: bas
  • Norman: bas

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bas/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *bostā (palm, fist) (compare Breton boz (hollow of the hand)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷost-, *gʷosdʰ- (branch).

Noun

bas f

  1. (anatomy) palm (of the hand)

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Alternative forms

Related terms

  • lám (hand)

Descendants

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

bas

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive relative of is

Alternative forms

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bas bas
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin bassus.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

bas m inan

  1. bass (low spectrum of sound, an instrument or a singer)
  2. a bass loudspeaker

Declension

References

  1. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “bas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego: “jak wszelkie inne nazwy, alt i t. d., z łac.; bassus, ‘niski’”

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) bass

Etymology

From Late Latin bassus.

Adjective

bas m (f bassa, m pl bas, f pl bassas)

  1. (Vallader) deep, low

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bass

Noun

bas f (genitive boise, dative bois, plural basan)

  1. palm (of a hand)
    buailibh ur basan - clap your hands
  2. (dated) spoke

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bâs/

Noun

bȁs m (Cyrillic spelling ба̏с)

  1. bass

Declension

References

  • bas” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbáːs/
  • Tonal orthography: bȃs

Noun

bás m inan (genitive bása, nominative plural bási)

  1. bass (low frequency sound)

Declension


Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑːs/

Noun

bas c

  1. base; foundation
  2. (mathematics) base, basis; a set of vectors which span a certain space
  3. (mathematics) base; the lower, horizontal line in a triangle or the horizontal plane in a cone, pyramid etc.
  4. (chemistry) base; alkali
  5. (molecular biology, colloquial) nucleotide in the context of a DNA or RNA polymer
  6. bass guitar
  7. a permanent structure for housing a military

Declension

Inflection of bas 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bas basen baser baserna
Genitive bas basens basers basernas

Synonyms

  • (foundation): grund
  • (military): militärbas

See also

  • basvektor

Noun

bas c

  1. (dated) a (minor) officer or boss; the person in charge of the daily work

Declension

Inflection of bas 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bas basen basar basarna
Genitive bas basens basars basarnas

Synonyms

See also

Noun

bas c

  1. (uncountable, music) the tones of lowest frequency
  2. musical instruments, musicians, singers or loudspeakers presenting such tones

Declension

Inflection of bas 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bas basen basar basarna
Genitive bas basens basars basarnas

See also


Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English bus.

Noun

bas

  1. bus

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbas/
  • Hyphenation: bas

Noun

bas (definite accusative bası, plural baslar)

  1. (music) bass

Declension

Verb

bas

  1. press (imperative) - from basmak (infinitive) "to press"