double bass

See also: double-bass

English

Double bass with bow

Alternative forms

• double-bass

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌ.bl̩beɪs/

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Noun

double bass (plural double basses)

1. The largest stringed instrument of the violin family.

   Synonyms: bass fiddle, bass viol, bass violin, bull fiddle, contrabass, doghouse bass, stand-up bass, string bass, upright bass

2. The deepest of all male voices.

   Voice of a double bass, or simply, a double bass.

Derived terms

• double bassist

Translations

largest instrument of violin family

• Afrikaans: kontrabas
• Arabic: كَمَان أَجْهَر m (kamān ʔajhar), كونترباص
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: contrabaxu (ast)
• Belarusian: кантрабас m (kantrabas), басэтля f (basetlja)
• Bulgarian: контрабас (kontrabas)
• Catalan: contrabaix (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 低音提琴 (zh) (dīyīn tíqín)

• Czech: kontrabas (cs) m
• Danish: kontrabas (da) c
• Dutch: contrabas (nl) m or f
• Finnish: kontrabasso (fi), bassoviulu, akustinen basso (fi)
• French: contrebasse (fr) f
• Friulian: cuintribàs m
• German: Kontrabass (de) m
• Hungarian: nagybőgő (hu), gordon (hu), kontrabasszus (hu)
• Indonesian: bas betot, kontrabas (id)
• Irish: olldord m
• Italian: contrabbasso (it) m
• Japanese: コントラバス (ja) (kontorabasu), コンバス (konbasu)
• Korean: 콘트라베이스 (konteurabeiseu)
• Macedonian: ко́нтрабас m (kóntrabas)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kontrabass m

  Nynorsk: kontrabass m

• Persian: کنترباس (fa) (kontrbâs)
• Polish: kontrabas (pl) m
• Portuguese: contrabaixo (pt) m
• Romanian: contrabas (ro) n
• Russian: контраба́с (ru) m (kontrabás)
• Scottish Gaelic: beus m, beus-fhìdheall f, beus dùbailte
• Slovene: kontrabas (sl) m
• Spanish: contrabajo (es) m
• Swedish: kontrabas (sv) c, basfiol (sv) c
• Thai: ดับเบิลเบส (dàp-bə̂n-bèet)
• Turkish: kontrbas (tr)
• Ukrainian: контраба́с (uk) (kontrabás)
• Welsh: bas dwbl m, basgrwth m

deepest of male voices

• Bulgarian: бас профундо m (bas profundo)
• Finnish: kontrabasso (fi)
• Italian: basso profondo m
• Portuguese: baixo profundo (pt) m
• Spanish: bajo profundo m

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

Further reading

• double bass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia