"basso" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bassos [plural], bassi [plural]
Rhymes: -æsəʊ Etymology: From Italian basso, from Latin bassus (“short, low”). Doublet of base and bass. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|basso}} Italian basso, {{der|en|la|bassus||short, low}} Latin bassus (“short, low”), {{doublet|en|base|bass}} Doublet of base and bass Head templates: {{en-noun|s|bassi}} basso (plural bassos or bassi)
  1. (music) A bass singer, especially in opera. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-basso-en-noun-UtESxmec Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (music) An instrumental part written for a bass instrument. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-basso-en-noun-38Pv5VFC Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (music) The double bass, or contrabasso. Categories (topical): Music, Musical voices and registers
    Sense id: en-basso-en-noun--siRJ5-E Disambiguation of Musical voices and registers: 24 13 56 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 26 55 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 3 19 2 1 1 0 0 1 4 18 15 0 0 1 2 1 23 7 1 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: basso cantante, basso continuo, basso ostinato, basso profondo, basso profundo, basso-relievo, basso-rilievo
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: bassoes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|es}} basso (plural bassoes)
  1. Obsolete spelling of bashaw. or pasha. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: bashaw (extra: or pasha)
    Sense id: en-basso-en-noun-0CYPNwj2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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