double bass

See also: double-bass

English

Double bass with bow

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdʌ.bl̩beɪs/

Noun

double bass (plural double basses)

(music) The largest stringed instrument of the violin family.
The deepest of all male voices.
Voice of a double bass, or simply, a double bass.

Alternative forms

double-bass

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

double bassist

Translations

largest instrument of violin family

Catalan: contrabaix (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 低音提琴 (zh) (dīyīn tíqín)
Czech: kontrabas m
Dutch: contrabas (nl) m or f
Finnish: kontrabasso (fi), bassoviulu, akustinen basso (fi)
French: contrebasse (fr) f
German: Kontrabass (de) m
Hungarian: nagybőgő (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: контрабас m (kóntrabas)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kontrabass m

Nynorsk: kontrabass m
Polish: kontrabas (pl) m
Portuguese: contrabaixo (pt) m
Romanian: contrabas (ro) n
Russian: контраба́с (ru) m (kontrabás)
Slovene: kontrabas (sl) m
Spanish: contrabajo (es) m
Swedish: kontrabas (sv) c, basfiol (sv) c
Welsh: bas dwbl m, basgrwth m

deepest of male voices

Finnish: kontrabasso (fi)
Italian: basso profondo m

Portuguese: baixo profundo (pt) m
Spanish: bajo profundo m

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