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==English==

====Adjective====
{{en-adj}}

# Of sound, a voice or an instrument, [[low]] in [[pitch]] or [[frequency]].

====Noun====
{{en-noun|es}}
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# A low spectrum of [[sound]] tones.
# A section of musical group that produces low-pitched sound, lower than [[tenor]].
# A male [[singer]] who sings in the bass range.
# An [[instrument]] that plays in the bass range, in particular a [[double bass]], [[bass guitar]], [[electric bass]] or bass [[synthesiser]].
# The [[clef]] sign that indicates that the pitch of the notes is below middle C; a [[bass clef]].

====Noun====
{{en-noun|es|pl2=bass}}

# The [[perch]]; any of various marine and freshwater fish resembling the perch, all within the order of [[Perciformes]].

===Adverbs for Bass===
thunderingly; resonantly; deeply; breezily; boomingly; awfully; mightily; magnificently; toweringly; enormously; stupendously.

===Thesaurus===
[[accompaniment]], [[alto]], [[aria singer]], [[baritenor]], [[baritone]], [[bass viol]], [[basso]], [[basso buffo]], [[basso cantante]], [[basso continuo]], [[basso ostinato]], [[basso profundo]], [[bassus]], [[blues singer]], [[bourdon]], [[bow]], [[bravura]], [[bridge]], [[bull fiddle]], [[burden]], [[canary]], [[cantatrice]], [[canto]], [[cantor]], [[cantus]], [[cantus figuratus]], [[cantus planus]], [[caroler]], [[cello]], [[chanter]], [[chantress]], [[chest voice]], [[choral]], [[choric]], [[coloratura]], [[coloratura soprano]], [[comic bass]], [[continuo]], [[contrabass]], [[contralto]], [[countertenor]], [[crooner]], [[crowd]], [[deep]], [[deep bass]], [[deep-echoing]], [[deep-pitched]], [[deep-toned]], [[deepmouthed]], [[descant]], [[diva]], [[double bass]], [[dramatic]], [[dramatic soprano]], [[drone]], [[drone bass]], [[falsetto]], [[fiddle]], [[fiddlebow]], [[fiddlestick]], [[figured bass]], [[fingerboard]], [[grave]], [[ground bass]], [[head voice]], [[heavy]], [[heroic]], [[heroic tenor]], [[hollow]], [[hymnal]], [[hymner]], [[improvisator]], [[kit]], [[kit fiddle]], [[kit violin]], [[lead singer]], [[lieder singer]], [[line]], [[liturgical]], [[low]], [[low-pitched]], [[lyric]], [[melodist]], [[mezzo-soprano]], [[opera singer]], [[operatic]], [[part]], [[plain chant]], [[plain song]], [[prick song]], [[prima donna]], [[psalm singer]], [[psalmic]], [[psalmodial]], [[psalmodic]], [[rock-and-roll singer]], [[sacred]], [[scroll]], [[sepulchral]], [[singer]], [[singing]], [[singstress]], [[songbird]], [[songster]], [[songstress]], [[soprano]], [[soundboard]], [[string]], [[tenor]], [[tenor violin]], [[thorough bass]], [[torch singer]], [[treble]], [[tuning peg]], [[undersong]], [[viola]], [[violin]], [[violinette]], [[violoncello]], [[violoncello piccolo]], [[violone]], [[violotta]], [[vocal]], [[vocalist]], [[vocalizer]], [[voce]], [[voce di petto]], [[voce di testa]], [[voice]], [[voice part]], [[warbler]], [[yodeler]]

===Etymology 1===
{{etyl|it}} {{term|basso||low|lang=it}}, from {{etyl|la}} {{term|bassus||low|lang=la}}.

===Etymology 2===
From {{etyl|enm}} {{term|bas|lang=enm}}, alteration of {{term|bars|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang}} {{term|bærs||a fish, perch|lang=ang}}, from {{proto|Germanic|barsaz|perch", literally "prickly fish|lang=en}}, from {{proto|Indo-European|bhars-||bharst-|prickle, thorn, scale|lang=en}}. Cognate with {{etyl|nl|-}} {{term|baars||baars|perch, bass|lang=nl}}, {{etyl|de|-}} {{term|Barsch||perch|lang=de}}. More at {{l|en|barse}}.

====Pronunciation====
* {{rhymes|eɪs}}
* {{enPR|bās}}, {{IPA|/beɪs/}}, {{SAMPA|/beIs/}}
* {{audio|en-us-bass-low.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{homophones|base}}
* {{enPR|băs}}, {{IPA|/bæs/}}, {{SAMPA|/b{s/}}
* {{audio|en-us-bass.ogg|Audio (US)}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|singer}} [[basso]]
* {{sense|clef}} [[F clef]]

=====Coordinate terms=====
* {{sense|voice types}} [[soprano]], [[mezzo-soprano]], [[alto]], [[contralto]] {{a|female}}; [[countertenor]], [[tenor]], [[baritone]], [[bass]] {{a|male}}