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5-letter words (3 found)

BASES,BASSE,SABES,

4-letter words (6 found)

BAES,BASE,BASS,SABE,SABS,SEAS,

3-letter words (10 found)

ABS,ASS,BAE,BAS,BES,EAS,ESS,SAB,SAE,SEA,

2-letter words (7 found)

AB,AE,AS,BA,BE,EA,ES,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 27 words from basse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of basse

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Definitions and meaning of basse

basse

Noun

basse

  1. Archaic form of bass (“perch”).

See also

Anagrams

  • bases, bessa

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).

Noun

basse c (singular definite bassen, plural indefinite basser)

  1. a big, strong man, a big thing
  2. an army infantryman, a private
  3. a Danish pastry

Inflection

Derived terms

  • brumbasse

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

basse

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of bassen

Anagrams

  • bases

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bas/, /bɑs/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

basse

  1. feminine singular of bas

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian basso; homophony with Etymology 1 led to reinterpretation as a feminine, specifically as an ellipsis of la voix basse (“the low voice”).

Noun

basse f (plural basses)

  1. (music) bass (the lower melody)
  2. (music) bass (a singer of the bass melodies)
  3. (music) bass (the musical instrument)
  4. acoustic guitar
Derived terms
  • basse continue
  • contrebasse
  • bassiste
  • guitare basse

Further reading

  • “basse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • bases, basés

Interlingua

Adjective

basse (comparative plus basse, superlative le plus basse)

  1. low

Antonyms

  • alte

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbas.se/
  • Rhymes: -asse
  • Hyphenation: bàs‧se

Adjective

basse f pl

  1. feminine plural of basso

Noun

basse f

  1. plural of bassa

Anagrams

  • bessa

Latin

Adjective

basse

  1. vocative masculine singular of bassus

References

  • basse in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *pësē.

Adjective

basse

  1. holy, sacred

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

basse

  1. Alternative form of bas

Etymology 2

Noun

basse

  1. Alternative form of base

Norman

Adjective

basse

  1. feminine singular of bas

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpasse/

Verb

basse

  1. inflection of bassit:
    1. first-person dual present indicative
    2. third-person plural past indicative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).

Noun

basse m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural basser, definite plural bassene)

  1. a big, strong man
  2. (especially in compounds) an unruly man

Derived terms

  • brumlebasse
  • spradebasse
  • villbasse

References

  • “basse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • (Aasen): Basse (obsolete capitalization)

Etymology

From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).

Noun

basse m (definite singular bassen, indefinite plural bassar, definite plural bassane)

  1. a big, strong man
  2. (especially in compounds) an unruly man

Derived terms

  • brumlebasse
  • spradebasse
  • villbasse

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bassi (“bear”).

Noun

basse

  1. a big, strong man, a big thing
  2. an army infantryman, a private

Declension

Derived terms

  • vildbasse

References

  • basse in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • basse in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • basse in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org