bas
English
Noun
bas
- plural of ba
Verb
bas
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ba
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bɑs]
Noun
bas (plural [please provide])
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Cebuano
Alternative forms
Noun
bas
Cimbrian
Pronoun
bas
References
- “bas” in Umberto Martello Martalar, Alfonso Bellotto, Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Setti Communi vicentini, 1st edition, 1974.
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Noun
bas
Declension
| nominative | bas |
|---|---|
| genitive | basnıñ |
| dative | basqa |
| accusative | basnı |
| locative | basta |
| ablative | bastan |
References
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑs
-
Audio (file)
Noun
bas f (plural bassen, diminutive basje n)
- bass (instrument)
- bass (low frequencies of sound)
Derived terms
- basgitaar
- contrabas
Verb
bas
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑ/
-
Audio (les bas) (file)
Etymology 1
From Old French bas, from Late Latin bassus.
Adjective
bas (feminine singular basse, masculine plural bas, feminine plural basses)
Derived terms
- Bas-Canada
- bas latin
Adverb
bas
Noun
bas m (plural bas)
- socks; stockings; feet
- lower end; bottom (of a thing)
See also
Etymology 2
Shortened from bas-de-chausses.
Noun
bas m (plural bas)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Further reading
- “bas” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Etymology
From Late Latin bassus.
Adjective
bas
Antonyms
Hausa
Etymology
Noun
bâs f (plural bâs-bâs)
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bˠasˠ/
Etymology 1
Borrowed 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)
Declension
Synonyms
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)
Declension
Etymology 3
Noun
bas f (genitive singular baise, nominative plural basa)
- 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. | ||
Further reading
- "bas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Malay
Etymology
Noun
bas (plural bas-bas)
Norman
Etymology
From Old French [Term?], from Late Latin bassus.
Adjective
bas m
Derived terms
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Noun
bas m (plural bas)
Old French
Etymology
Adjective
bas m (oblique and nominative feminine singular base)
- low (near the ground)
Descendants
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
Inflection
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | |||
| Vocative | |||
| Accusative | |||
| Genitive | |||
| Dative | |||
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Alternative forms
Related terms
- lám (“hand”)
Descendants
- Irish: bos
Etymology 2
See etymology on the main entry.
Verb
bas
- 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bas/
-
audio (file)
Noun
bas m inan
- bass (low spectrum of sound, an instrument or a singer)
- a bass loudspeaker
Declension
References
- ↑ Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “bas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish): “jak wszelkie inne nazwy, alt i t. d., z łac.; bassus, ‘niski’”
Further reading
- bas in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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)
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Noun
bas f (genitive boise, dative bois, plural basan)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Italian basso, from Late Latin bassus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bâs/
Noun
bȁs m (Cyrillic spelling ба̏с)
Declension
References
- “bas” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbáːs/
- Tonal orthography: bȃs
Noun
bás m inan (genitive bása, nominative plural bási)
- bass (low frequency sound)
Declension
Southern Kam
Noun
bas
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑːs/
-
audio (file)
Noun
bas c
- base; foundation
- (mathematics) base, basis; a set of vectors which span a certain space
- (mathematics) base; the lower, horizontal line in a triangle or the horizontal plane in a cone, pyramid etc.
- (chemistry) base; alkali
- (molecular biology, colloquial) nucleotide in the context of a DNA or RNA polymer
- bass guitar
- a permanent structure for housing a military
Declension
| Declension 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
Declension
| Declension of bas | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | bas | basen | basar | basarna |
| Genitive | bas | basens | basars | basarnas |
Synonyms
See also
Noun
bas c
- (uncountable, music) the tones of lowest frequency
- musical instruments, musicians, singers or loudspeakers presenting such tones
Declension
| Declension of bas | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | bas | basen | basar | basarna |
| Genitive | bas | basens | basars | basarnas |
See also
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Noun
bas
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbas/
- Hyphenation: bas
Noun
bas (definite accusative bası, plural baslar)
Declension
| Inflection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | bas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Definite accusative | bası | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | bas | baslar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Definite accusative | bası | basları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dative | basa | baslara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | basta | baslarda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ablative | bastan | baslardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | basın | basların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Verb
bas
- press (imperative) - from basmak (infinitive) "to press"