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/bɑ/

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Translation

low, down

Word origin

From Late Latin bassus ('low, short, thick'). The same root gave English 'base' and 'bass'.

Origin
Latin
Root
bassus
English cognates
base, bass

Grammar

Femininebasse
Fem pluralbasses

Examples

, .

Speak more quietly, the children are sleeping.

.

The sun is very low in the sky this evening.

.

Prices are very low at the moment.

l'.

Put your shoes at the bottom of the stairs.

.

She is wearing black stockings with her dress.

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This word is part of lesson 10.