basso
noun
a person who sings bass; a bass.
basso
1 American
[bas-oh, bah-soh, bahs-saw]
/ ˈbæs oʊ, ˈbɑ soʊ, ˈbɑs sɔ /
noun
Music.
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bassos,
plural
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bassi
plural
Basso
2
American
[bas-oh]
/ ˈbæs oʊ /
noun
basso
British
/ ˈbæsəʊ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of basso
1810–20; < Italian < Late Latin bassus. See base 2
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His debut ad felt like an Aquaman trailer, the veteran and oyster farmer’s basso profondo voice overlaying scenes of him in wet suits, splitting wood, piloting a boat, flying the flag, swinging a kettlebell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
“My dad was fluent in German,” notes Paul, whose basso profundo tones echo his father’s, “so I’d expect that their tour extended to a few German-speaking countries as well.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2021
Dr. Pardo cited as an example the “let’s go” rumble, a basso profundo rumbling call that a female elephant gives to announce her desire to move on.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2021
“Pawn to queen bishop four,” responded Collins in a basso prof undo that could be heard across the street.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
As rain fell outside, the charismatic Gianni Basso gave us a tour of his old-school stationer’s workshop and adjoining printmaking museum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
Most affected children die in their teenage years from heart complications, though some, like Sammy Basso -- the oldest known person with Progeria -- live longer.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2025
“It’s not that you’re not welcome,” says solo designer Billy Basso.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2024
Luckily, I had a second opportunity to visit it, because, unlike my virtual travel assistant, Ms. Basso had sent me a link to prebook my tickets.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
Basso trailed all the way until entering the stretch for the final home run when he came up and challenged Laureate who had been in second place since the end of the first half mile.
From History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 by John Lawrence O'Connor
Oriental shells are made at Rome into beautiful cameos, by the white outer surface being cut away upon the deeper coloured internal part, forming figures in minute bassi relievi.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827 by Various
Most of the bassi rilievi, and nearly all the characteristic features of architecture in the various monuments at Athens, have been moulded, and the moulds of them brought to London.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Shearjashub Spooner
Besides the sculptured bassi relievi, these stones bear hieroglyphics painted with a kind of red varnish which remains unimpaired.
From Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology by John D. (John Denison) Baldwin
There is a fountain in the midst, surrounded with bassi relievi much disfigured.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis
Lord Elgin's first attempt was to have the statues and bassi rilievi restored; and in that view he went to Rome to consult and to employ Canova.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Shearjashub Spooner
Yet the Metropolitan is exceptionally well provided with good bassos.
From Time Magazine Archive
But San Francisco operagoers, knowing that there are no great dramatic bassos around these days, sat back to listen in medium apathy.
From Time Magazine Archive
A boon to bathtub bassos of willing voice and weak memory: the complete librettos, with piano arrangements, of eleven of the best G & S operettas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Powerful rumblings by Soviet baritones and bassos, and less spectacular arias by women singers, from Pique Dame, lolanthe and Eugene Onegin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Usually the three classes of voices receive different treatment, one form of instruction being used for sopranos and tenors, another for mezzo-sopranos and baritones, and a third for altos and bassos.
From The Psychology of Singing A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern by David C. (David Clark) Taylor
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