bas
Middle English
/baːs/
adjective
Definitions
- Low, short; lacking in height or altitude.
- Positioned or placed low; lower than surrounding places.
- Quiet; lacking in loudness or volume.
- Poor, unlucky, common; of low rank or wealth.
- (rare) Low-quality; degraded.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French bas derived from Latin bassus (low, short).
Origin
Latin
bassus
Gloss
low, short
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
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Kanji
短
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- debase English
- *baccu Latin
- *bassiare Latin
- *bassiō Latin
- baculum Latin
- bassus Latin
- basszus Hungarian
- basso Italian
- bas French
- bajo Spanish, Castilian
- βάσις Ancient Greek
- βᾰ́σῐς Ancient Greek
- *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éd Proto-Indo-European
- bass Norwegian Bokmål
- bas Polish
- bass Norwegian Nynorsk
- baas Middle English
- basse Middle English
- bas Old French
- baix Catalan, Valencian
- baixar Catalan, Valencian
- abaixo Galician
- bas Welsh
- bas Norman
- bac Middle French
- abaixar Old Portuguese
- baixo Old Portuguese
- bas Occitan
- bas Romansh
- bass Romansh
- baxu Asturian
- bas Friulian
- baxo Old Spanish
- vasciu Sicilian
- baso Venetian