Basso

Definitions: Basso

Basso

Noun

1. An adult male singer with the lowest voice.

2. The lowest adult male singing voice.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "basso" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1830. (references)

Etymology: Basso \Bas"so\, noun. [Italian expression, from Late Latin expression bassus. See Base,]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Basso

Crosswords: Basso

Finnish (bass), Italian (base, bass, bottom, ignoble, low, low down, lower, Nether, shallow, short, small, superficial), Turkish (bass, basso).

I Gabbiani volano basso (1978)

Mio Dio come sono caduta in basso! (1974)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Antonio Vivaldi: Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo (Keyboard Realization) (Critical) (reference)

• Basso cantante: an autobiography (reference)

• Der Psalter: Nach Cornelius Beckers Dichtungen Fur Vier Stimmen Und Basso Continuo (Neue Ausgabe Samtlicher Werke, Vol 6) (reference)

• Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonatas for One, Two, and Three Parts With Basso Continuo (Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era, Vol 99) (reference)

• Hamilton Basso (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Nicolai Ghiaurov: Tribute to the Great Basso (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Johann Sebastian Bach: 6 Suites per Violoncello Solo Senza Basso (reference)

• Ambiente, Basso E Batteria (reference)

• Basso Profondo From Old Russia (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "basso": Basso continuo ♦ basso profundo ♦ basso relievo ♦ basso rilievo. Additional references.

Beginning with "basso": Basso-relievo, basso-rilievo.

Albanian

bas (bass, low-pitched). (various references)

Bulgarian 

бас (base, bass, bet, betting, wager). (various references)

Farsi 

کسی که باصدای بم اوازمیخواند. (various references)

German

Bass (bass). (various references)

Greek 

βαθύφωνοσ (bass, contralto), μπάσσοσ. (various references)

Hungarian

basszista (bassi). (various references)

Pig Latin

assobay

Portuguese

baixo (base, bass, bass viol, bass voice, caitiff, common, dumpy, dwarfish, hereinafter, hollow, ignoble, lily livered, low, low down, lowering, mean, mediocrity, menial, netherlander, obsequious, pygmean, raffish, rascally, reptile, scummy, scurrilous, scurvy, servile, shallow, short, slavish, small, sordid, superficial, viola da gamba, vulgar, vulgarian). (various references)

Russian 

бас (bass, bass voice). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

basista, bas (bass). (various references)

Spanish

bajo (bank, base, bass, bass voice, below, beneath, bottom, deep, depth, despicable, down, humble, low, low down, low lying, low price, lower, menial, moderate price, shallow, shallow water, shoal, short, small, subdued, under, underneath, would be). (various references)

Swedish

bas (alkaline compound, base, base electrode, basic compound, basis, bass, boss, feet, foreman, foundation, gaffer, radix, top dog). (various references)

Turkish

basso (bass), bas (bass). (various references)

Ukranian 

бас (bass). (various references)

Vietnamese 

khắc (bas-relief, basso-relievo, bass-relief). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "basso": bassoon, bassoonist, bassoonists, bassoons, bassos. (additional references)

Words containing "basso": contrabassoon, contrabassoons. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Basso" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asso, Bascom, basho, Basko, baso, basos, basow, Bassa, Bassai, basse, Bassi, bassij, Bassix, bassom, basson, bassy, bbcso, bbcsso, beso, besos, Besso, besson, Biasco, biso, Bispo, Bisso, bissot, bizzo, Blasson, Boasson, Bosso, bossu, bsso, Sasso, tasso, yassou. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: abos, bass, boas, boss, ossa, sabs, sobs.

-2 letters: abo, abs, ass, bas, boa, bos, sab, sob, sos.

-3 letters: ab, as, ba, bo, os, so.

+1 letter: bassos, boasts, sabots, sambos.

+2 letters: abioses, abiosis, absorbs, adsorbs, ausubos, basions, bassoon, biomass, bolases, bonsais, isobars, oblasts.

+3 letters: abomasus, abrosias, absconds, absolves, antiboss, asbestos, baroness, bassoons, basswood, bastions, bathoses, bioassay, biogases, boasters, bobstays, bombasts, borstals, boscages, boskages, busloads, cabooses, crossbar, isobares, isobaths, kolbasis, kolbassi, mossback, nabobess, nosebags, passbook, postbags, postbase, rasboras, robustas, rosebays, sabatons, sabayons, sabulose, sabulous, saprobes, sawbones, scabiosa, scabious, scabrous, seaboots, sjamboks, sorbates, soybeans, subatoms, subgoals, subsolar.

+4 letters: abelmosks, abolishes, abrasions, absolutes, absolvers, absorbers, adsorbers, albatross, albumoses, ambrosias, arborists, autobuses, backcross, backstops, baghouses, bakeshops, banjoists, barbascos, barstools, basophils, basswoods, bedsonias, beshadows, bestowals, bioassays, biogasses, biomasses, bioplasms, blastoffs, blastomas, bookcases, boshvarks, botanises, botanists, boyarisms, broadness, bushgoats, cabestros, cabrestos, casebooks, cashbooks, cashboxes, chubascos, crossable, crossbars, crossbeam, dowsabels, gambesons, grosbeaks, jacobuses, kilobases, kolbassis, mislabors, mossbacks, myoblasts, nabobisms, nosebands, obeahisms, obsidians, obstacles, osnaburgs, outboasts, passbooks, reabsorbs, rheobases, sabotages, saboteurs, sailboats, saltboxes, sandboxes, scabiosas, seaboards, searobins, sebaceous, shadblows, showboats, slotbacks, snowballs, snowbanks, soapbarks, soapboxes, sociables, softbacks, softballs, sourballs, sowbreads, stopbanks, storables, subabbots, submucosa, subpoenas, subsocial, subtaxons, subtopias, subtotals, surfboats, washbowls.

+5 letters: abolishers, abscission, absconders, absolutest, absolutism, absolutist, absorbants, absorbents, abstemious, adsorbates, adsorbents, aerobioses, aerobiosis, ambassador, amoebiases, amoebiasis, anabolisms, antibioses, antibiosis, arabinoses, asbestoses, asbestosis, ascorbates, astrolabes, autobusses, babesioses, babesiosis, backhouses, backswords, barbascoes, barnstorms, baronesses, baseboards, basophiles, bassoonist, bathhouses, baudronses, bioassayed, blastocyst, blastodisc, boarfishes, boathouses, boatswains, bookstalls, bootstraps, brassbound, broadcasts, broadsides, bromegrass, calabooses, carbonless, chessboard, constables, contrabass, crossbeams, dashboards, diabolisms, diabolists, disposable, embossable, framboises, globalises, globalisms, globalists, harborless, horsebacks, horsebeans, houseboats, hypoblasts, idioblasts, isallobars, isobutanes, mossbacked, nabobesses, obeisances, obfuscates, oblateness, obscurants, observants, osteoblast, parabioses, parabiosis, pressboard, psalmbooks, saddlebows, sailboards, salubrious, sanbenitos, sauceboats, sauceboxes, sawboneses, scabiouses, scabrously, schoolbags, scrapbooks, seasonable, seasonably, seborrheas, shipboards, shoeblacks, showbreads, sideboards, signboards, snowboards, speedboats, starboards, statoblast, steamboats, stirabouts, stoneboats, stoopballs, stylobates, subaqueous, subdeacons, sublations, submucosae, submucosal, submucosas, subrogates, substation, supposable, supposably, surfboards, sweatboxes, tarbooshes, washboards, wolfsbanes.

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