"double bass" meaning in English

See double bass in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdʌ.bl̩beɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-double bass.wav Forms: double basses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} double bass (plural double basses)
  1. The largest stringed instrument of the violin family. Categories (topical): String instruments Synonyms: bass fiddle, bass viol, bass violin, bull fiddle, contrabass, doghouse bass, stand-up bass, string bass, upright bass, double-bass Derived forms: double bassist Translations (largest instrument of violin family): kontrabas (Afrikaans), كَمَان أَجْهَر (kamān ʔajhar) [masculine] (Arabic), كونترباص (Arabic), contrabaxu (Asturian), кантрабас (kantrabas) [masculine] (Belarusian), басэтля (basetlja) [feminine] (Belarusian), контрабас (kontrabas) (Bulgarian), contrabaix [masculine] (Catalan), 低音提琴 (dīyīn tíqín) (Chinese Mandarin), kontrabas [masculine] (Czech), kontrabas [common-gender] (Danish), contrabas [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kontrabasso (Finnish), bassoviulu (Finnish), akustinen basso (Finnish), contrebasse [feminine] (French), cuintribàs [masculine] (Friulian), Kontrabass [masculine] (German), nagybőgő (Hungarian), gordon (Hungarian), kontrabasszus (Hungarian), bas betot (Indonesian), kontrabas (Indonesian), olldord [masculine] (Irish), contrabbasso [masculine] (Italian), コントラバス (kontorabasu) (Japanese), コンバス (konbasu) (Japanese), 콘트라베이스 (konteurabeiseu) (Korean), ко́нтрабас (kóntrabas) [masculine] (Macedonian), kontrabass [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kontrabass [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), کنترباس (kontrbâs) (Persian), kontrabas [masculine] (Polish), contrabaixo [masculine] (Portuguese), contrabas [neuter] (Romanian), контраба́с (kontrabás) [masculine] (Russian), beus [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), beus-fhìdheall [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), beus dùbailte (Scottish Gaelic), kontrabas [masculine] (Slovene), contrabajo [masculine] (Spanish), kontrabas [common-gender] (Swedish), basfiol [common-gender] (Swedish), ดับเบิลเบส (dàp-bə̂n-bèet) (Thai), kontrbas (Turkish), контраба́с (kontrabás) (Ukrainian), bas dwbl [masculine] (Welsh), basgrwth [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-double_bass-en-noun-GmdkjyJi Disambiguation of String instruments: 85 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Friulian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Friulian translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'largest instrument of violin family': 94 6
  2. The deepest of all male voices. Translations (deepest of male voices): бас профундо (bas profundo) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kontrabasso (Finnish), basso profondo [masculine] (Italian), baixo profundo [masculine] (Portuguese), bajo profundo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-double_bass-en-noun-6iAK-fGD Disambiguation of 'deepest of male voices': 10 90

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "double basses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "double bass (plural double basses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Asturian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Belarusian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Friulian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Indonesian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Korean translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Persian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Slovene translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Thai translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Welsh translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "String instruments",
          "orig": "en:String instruments",
          "parents": [
            "Musical instruments",
            "Music",
            "Tools",
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Technology",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "double bassist"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The largest stringed instrument of the violin family."
      ],
      "id": "en-double_bass-en-noun-GmdkjyJi",
      "links": [
        [
          "stringed instrument",
          "stringed instrument"
        ],
        [
          "violin",
          "violin"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bass fiddle"
        },
        {
          "word": "bass viol"
        },
        {
          "word": "bass violin"
        },
        {
          "word": "bull fiddle"
        },
        {
          "word": "contrabass"
        },
        {
          "word": "doghouse bass"
        },
        {
          "word": "stand-up bass"
        },
        {
          "word": "string bass"
        },
        {
          "word": "upright bass"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "double-bass"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "kontrabas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "kamān ʔajhar",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "كَمَان أَجْهَر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "كونترباص"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "contrabaxu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kantrabas",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кантрабас"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "basetlja",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "басэтля"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kontrabas",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "контрабас"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "contrabaix"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dīyīn tíqín",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "低音提琴"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kontrabas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kontrabas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "contrabas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "kontrabasso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "bassoviulu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "akustinen basso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "contrebasse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cuintribàs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kontrabass"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "nagybőgő"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "gordon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "kontrabasszus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "bas betot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "kontrabas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "olldord"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "contrabbasso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kontorabasu",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "コントラバス"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "konbasu",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "コンバス"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "konteurabeiseu",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "콘트라베이스"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kóntrabas",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ко́нтрабас"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kontrabass"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kontrabass"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kontrbâs",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "کنترباس"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kontrabas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "contrabaixo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "contrabas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kontrabás",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "контраба́с"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "beus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "beus-fhìdheall"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "beus dùbailte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kontrabas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "contrabajo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kontrabas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "basfiol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "dàp-bə̂n-bèet",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "ดับเบิลเบส"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "kontrbas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kontrabás",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "word": "контраба́с"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bas dwbl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "basgrwth"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Voice of a double bass, or simply, a double bass.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The deepest of all male voices."
      ],
      "id": "en-double_bass-en-noun-6iAK-fGD",
      "links": [
        [
          "deep",
          "deep"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bas profundo",
          "sense": "deepest of male voices",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "бас профундо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "deepest of male voices",
          "word": "kontrabasso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "deepest of male voices",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "basso profondo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "deepest of male voices",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "baixo profundo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 90",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "deepest of male voices",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bajo profundo"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdʌ.bl̩beɪs/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-double bass.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-double_bass.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-double_bass.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-double_bass.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-double_bass.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "double bass"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Asturian translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Friulian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
    "en:String instruments"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "double bassist"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "double basses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "double bass (plural double basses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The largest stringed instrument of the violin family."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stringed instrument",
          "stringed instrument"
        ],
        [
          "violin",
          "violin"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bass fiddle"
        },
        {
          "word": "bass viol"
        },
        {
          "word": "bass violin"
        },
        {
          "word": "bull fiddle"
        },
        {
          "word": "contrabass"
        },
        {
          "word": "doghouse bass"
        },
        {
          "word": "stand-up bass"
        },
        {
          "word": "string bass"
        },
        {
          "word": "upright bass"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Voice of a double bass, or simply, a double bass.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The deepest of all male voices."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deep",
          "deep"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdʌ.bl̩beɪs/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-double bass.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-double_bass.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-double_bass.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-double_bass.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-double_bass.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "double-bass"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "kontrabas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kamān ʔajhar",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كَمَان أَجْهَر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "كونترباص"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "contrabaxu"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kantrabas",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кантрабас"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "basetlja",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "басэтля"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kontrabas",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "контрабас"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contrabaix"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dīyīn tíqín",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "低音提琴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kontrabas"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kontrabas"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contrabas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "kontrabasso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "bassoviulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "akustinen basso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "contrebasse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuintribàs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kontrabass"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "nagybőgő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "gordon"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "kontrabasszus"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "bas betot"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "kontrabas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "olldord"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contrabbasso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kontorabasu",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "コントラバス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "konbasu",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "コンバス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "konteurabeiseu",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "콘트라베이스"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kóntrabas",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ко́нтрабас"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kontrabass"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kontrabass"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kontrbâs",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "کنترباس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kontrabas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contrabaixo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "contrabas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kontrabás",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "контраба́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beus"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beus-fhìdheall"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "beus dùbailte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kontrabas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contrabajo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kontrabas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "basfiol"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dàp-bə̂n-bèet",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "ดับเบิลเบส"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "kontrbas"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kontrabás",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "word": "контраба́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bas dwbl"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "largest instrument of violin family",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "basgrwth"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bas profundo",
      "sense": "deepest of male voices",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бас профундо"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deepest of male voices",
      "word": "kontrabasso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "deepest of male voices",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "basso profondo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deepest of male voices",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baixo profundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deepest of male voices",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bajo profundo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "double bass"
}

Download raw JSONL data for double bass meaning in English (9.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.