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3 letters words from 'bas'

ABS 5BAS 5
SAB 5 

2 letters words from 'bas'

AB 4AS 2
BA 4 

All 3 letters words made out of bas

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Definitions and meaning of bas

bas

Noun

bas

  1. plural of ba

Verb

bas

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

Anagrams

  • ABS, ABs, Abs, BSA, SAB, SBA, Sab., abs, abs-, abs., sab

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɑs]

Noun

bas (plural [please provide])

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

References

  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Cebuano

Alternative forms

  • balas

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧las

Noun

bas

  1. sand

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bas.

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

  • baz (Luserna)

Etymology

From Middle High German waz, from Old High German waz, from Proto-West Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, nominative and accusative singular neuter of *hwaz. Cognate with German was, English what.

Pronoun

bas (dative bassame)

  1. (Sette Comuni, interrogative) what, which

References

  • “bas” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

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]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑs/
  • Hyphenation: bas
  • Rhymes: -ɑs
  • Homophone: Bas

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French basse, from Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus.

Noun

bas m (plural bassen, diminutive basje n)

  1. bass (instrument)
  2. bass (low frequencies of sound)
  3. bass (singing voice)
Derived terms
  • basgitaar
  • basklarinet
  • baslijn
  • bassist
  • contrabas
Descendants
  • → Indonesian: bas (“bass”)
  • → Papiamentu: bas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bas

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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑ/, /ba/
  • Homophones: bât, bat, bats

Etymology 1

From Old French bas, from Late Latin bassus.

Adjective

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

  1. low
  2. bass
Derived terms

Adverb

bas

  1. low

Derived terms

Noun

bas m (plural bas)

  1. socks; stockings; feet
  2. lower end; bottom (of a thing)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Shortened from bas-de-chausses.

Noun

bas m (plural bas)

  1. stocking
Derived terms
  • bas à jour
  • bas autofixant
  • bas couture
  • bas résille
  • bas relief

Anagrams

  • ABS

Further reading

  • “bas” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Etymology

From Late Latin bassus.

Adjective

bas

  1. low

Antonyms

  • alt

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English bus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bâs/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bâs]

Noun

bâs f (plural bâs-bâs)

  1. bus

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbas]
  • Hyphenation: bas

Etymology 1

From Dutch bas (“bass”), from Middle French basse, from Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus.

Noun

bas (first-person possessive basku, second-person possessive basmu, third-person possessive basnya)

  1. bass,
    1. a low spectrum of sound tones.
    2. a section of musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than the baritone and tenor.
    3. one who sings in the bass range.

Etymology 2

From Dutch baas (“boss”), from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-Germanic *baswô. Cognates include Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”); possibly also Old High German basa ("father's sister, cousin"; > German Base (“aunt, cousin”)). Doublet of bos.

Noun

bas (first-person possessive basku, second-person possessive basmu, third-person possessive basnya)

  1. (colloquial) boss, chief, superior
    Synonyms: bos, mandor, pemborong, pembesar, kepala

Descendants

  • → Min Nan: 默氏, 默是.

References

Further reading

  • “bas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bˠasˠ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English bace, alteration of bars, from Old English bærs (“a fish, perch”), from Proto-West Germanic *bars (“perch”).

Noun

bas f (genitive singular baise, nominative plural basa)

  1. sea bass
Declension
Synonyms
  • doingean mara

Etymology 2

Borrowed 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

Further reading

  • "bas" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English bus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bas/
  • Rhymes: -as, -bas

Noun

bas (plural bas-bas, informal 1st possessive basku, impolite 2nd possessive basmu, 3rd possessive basnya)

  1. bus

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French bas, from Late Latin bassus.

Alternative forms

  • bace, base, baas, bass, basse

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːs/, /bas/

Adjective

bas

  1. Low, short; lacking in height or altitude.
  2. Positioned or placed low; lower than surrounding places.
  3. Quiet; lacking in loudness or volume.
  4. Poor, unlucky, common; of low rank or wealth.
  5. (rare) Low-quality; degraded.
Descendants
  • English: base
  • Scots: base
References
  • “bā̆s, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.

Etymology 2

Noun

bas

  1. Alternative form of base

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

Occitan

Alternative forms

  • baish (Gascon)

Etymology

From Latin bassus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bas m (feminine singular bassa, masculine plural basses, feminine plural bassas)

  1. low
    Antonyms: naut, aut

Old French

Etymology

From Latin bassus.

Adjective

bas m (oblique and nominative feminine singular base)

  1. low (near the ground)

Descendants

  • French: bas
  • Norman: bas
  • → Middle English: bas, bace, base, baas, bass, basse
    • English: base
    • Scots: base

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. palm (of the hand)

Inflection

Alternative forms

  • bos

Related terms

  • lám (“hand”)

Descendants

  • Irish: bos
  • Scottish Gaelic: bas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bas

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive relative of is

Alternative forms

  • bes

Mutation

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *baca, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah, from Proto-Austronesian *baʀah.

Noun

bas

  1. ember

Phalura

Etymology

From Urdu بس‎ (bas), from Persian بس‎ (bas, “enough”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bas/

Adverb

bas (Perso-Arabic spelling بس)

  1. enough
  2. in short
  3. okay

References

  • Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[2], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

From Latin bassus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bas/

Noun

bas m inan

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • basista, basistka

Further reading

  • bas in Polish dictionaries at PWN

References

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 bas

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): /báːs/

Noun

bȃs m inan

  1. bass (low frequency sound)

Inflection

Southern Kam

Noun

bas

  1. aunt

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

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

Synonyms

  • arbetsledare

See also

  • basa

Noun

bas c

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

Declension

See also

  • baryton
  • basfiol
  • bashögtalare
  • basist
  • bastuba
  • elbas
  • kontrabas
  • tenor

Tatar

Alternative forms

  • pas

Noun

bas

  1. price

Ternate

Etymology

Possibly from Dutch bassin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbas]

Noun

bas

  1. a washbasin

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

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. second-person singular imperative of basmak

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baːs/

Etymology 1

From Middle Welsh bas, from Old French bas, from Latin bassus (“short, low”).

Adjective

bas (feminine singular bas, plural beision, equative based, comparative basach, superlative basaf)

  1. shallow

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin basis (“foundation, base”) and from English base.

Noun

bas m (plural basau)

  1. base

Derived terms

  • bas data (“database”)
  • pêl-fas (“baseball”)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English bass or perhaps the same word as the first definition above.

Noun

bas m (plural basau)

  1. (music) bass

Derived terms

  • bas dwbl (“double bass”)

Mutation


Source: wiktionary.org
  • BA, the soul, in ancient Egyptian religion.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)