basso

Other forms of basso

plural

bassi

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 basso

What does basso mean?

basso means "an adult male singer with the lowest voice". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in basso?

basso has 2 syllables: bas-so. The stress falls on "bas". In IPA it is /ˈbæsoʊ/.

What is another word for basso?

Close synonyms include bass, bass, bass voice. 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 basso a common word?

basso is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.