basso

¹

[bas-oh, bah-soh, bahs-saw]

noun

Music.

plural

bassos ,

plural

bassi .

1. a person who sings bass; a bass.

Basso

²

[bas-oh]

noun

1. Hamilton, 1904–64, U.S. journalist and novelist.

basso

/ ˈbæsəʊ /

noun

1. (esp in operatic or solo singing) a singer with a bass voice

Word History and Origins

Origin of basso¹

1810–20; < Italian < Late Latin bassus. See base ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of basso¹

C19: from Italian, from Late Latin bassus low; see _base ²

Example Sentences

He also wrote a poem about bells, bells, and more bells, ringing and clanging and jangling away, from tinkling sleigh bells like those of a troika, to the deep, basso tolling of funeral bells.

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But the payoff for me came when he demonstrated the station’s rare 1934 diaphone fog signal, which sounds off with two descending blasts, basso profundo.

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Artificial intelligence can paint meddlesome monkeys, speak in the basso profundo of James Earl Jones and play a tune to suit a hall of mirrors.

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There’s a flicker of ironic recognition in the old man yet, for Shakespeare’s verse still flows elegantly out of Page’s basso instrument.

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As the God of Love, Phillip Bullock travels from airy falsetto to basso profundo depths.

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