"contrabass" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɑn.tɹəˌbeɪs/ Forms: contrabasses [plural]
Etymology: From Italian contrabbasso, from contra (“against”) + basso (“low”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|contrabbasso}} Italian contrabbasso, {{m|it|contra||against}} contra (“against”), {{m|it|basso||low}} basso (“low”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} contrabass (plural contrabasses)
  1. The part or section one octave lower than bass. Translations (part or section one octave lower than bass): kontrabas (Danish), contrabas (Dutch), kontrabasso (Finnish), contrebasse (French), cuintribàs [masculine] (Friulian), Kontrabass (German), contrabbasso (Italian), コントラバス (kontorabasu) (Japanese), contrabaixo (Portuguese), контраба́с (kontrabás) (Russian), contrabajo (Spanish), kontrabas (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-contrabass-en-noun-rq60juPc Disambiguation of 'part or section one octave lower than bass': 90 5 1 3
  2. Double bass; string bass. Categories (topical): Musical instruments, String instruments
    Sense id: en-contrabass-en-noun-M97lZyCm Disambiguation of Musical instruments: 2 72 10 16 Disambiguation of String instruments: 2 76 8 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 64 14 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 73 10 12
  3. Any of the several contrabass instruments.
    Sense id: en-contrabass-en-noun-2arIarKB
  4. The person or instrument performing the contrabass part. Translations (person or instrument performing the contrabass part): kontrabasso (Finnish), ко́нтрабас (kóntrabas) [masculine] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-contrabass-en-noun-jAx0MOs0 Disambiguation of 'person or instrument performing the contrabass part': 3 5 3 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: contrabass bugle, contrabass clarinet, contrabassist, contrabass recorder, contrabass sax, contrabass saxophone, contrabass saxophonist, subcontrabass, triple contrabass viol Related terms: bass, contra

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