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BASSO (bassi)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does basso mean?
• BASSO (noun)
The noun BASSO has 2 senses:
1. an adult male singer with the lowest voice
2. the lowest adult male singing voice
Familiarity information: BASSO used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An adult male singer with the lowest voice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bass; basso
Hypernyms ("basso" is a kind of...):
singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The lowest adult male singing voice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
bass; bass voice; basso
Hypernyms ("basso" is a kind of...):
singing voice (the musical quality of the voice while singing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "basso"):
basso profundo (a very deep bass voice)
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