Basso

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bass singer, especially in opera.
  2. 2
    Obsolete spelling of bashaw and pasha. alt-of, obsolete

    "Great Kings of Barbary, and my portly Baſſoes, we heare, the Tartars & the Eaſterne theeues: Under the conduct of one Tamburlaine, Preſume a bickering with your Emperour: […]"

  3. 3
    the lowest adult male singing voice wordnet
  4. 4
    An instrumental part written for a bass instrument.
  5. 5
    an adult male singer with the lowest voice wordnet
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  1. 6
    The double bass, or contrabasso.

Synonyms

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bassaltoaria singerbaritenorbaritonebass

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"Great Kings of Barbary, and my portly Baſſoes, we heare, the Tartars & the Eaſterne theeues: Under the conduct of one Tamburlaine, Preſume a bickering with your Emperour: […]"

Etymology

From Italian basso, from Latin bassus (“short, low”). Doublet of base and bass.

Related phrases

basso continuobasso profundodouble bass

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