basset

Other forms of basset

plural

bassets·

past tense

bassetted·

present participle

bassetting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about basset

What does basset mean?

basset means "smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in basset?

basset has 2 syllables: bas-set. The stress falls on "bas". In IPA it is /ˈbæsɪt/.

What is another word for basset?

Close synonyms include basset hound, crop out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is basset a common word?

basset is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.