/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
Examples
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Speak more quietly, the children are sleeping.
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The sun is very low in the sky this evening.
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Prices are very low at the moment.
chaussures l'escalier.
Put your shoes at the bottom of the stairs.
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She is wearing black stockings with her dress.
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