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Bass Viol

Definitions: Bass Viol

Bass Viol

Noun

1. Viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello.

2. Largest and lowest member of the violin family.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Bass Viol

Synonyms: bass fiddle (n), bull fiddle (n), contrabass (n), double bass (n), string bass (n), viola da gamba (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Bass Viol

English words defined with "bass viol": Base viol, BassettoContrabassoviola da gamba. (references)
Etymologies containing "bass viol": Violoncello. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Bass Viol

DomainTitle

Books

  • Play the Viol: The Complete Guide to Playing the Treble, Tenor, and Bass Viol (Early Music Series No 10) (reference)

  • A Pleasant Suite, for Tenor Viol, Alto Recorder, & Bass Viol (reference)

  • First Solos for Bass Viol (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Bass Viol

Illustrations:
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bass Viol

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bass viol

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Bass Viol

Language Translations for "bass viol"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

виола да гамба. (various references)

   

Danish

  

basviolin (viola da gamba), viola da gamba (viola da gamba). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

basviool (bass-viol, viola da gamba, violoncello). (various references)

   

French

  

basse de viole, viole de gambe. (various references)

   

German

  

Bassgeige (contrabass, viola da gamba). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μπασαβιόλα (viola da gamba). (various references)

   

Italian

  

viola da gamba (viola da gamba). (various references)

   

Manx

  

biol vooar (viola), beis (violoncello). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

assbay iolvay

   

Portuguese

  

baixo de viola (viola da gamba), baixo (base, bass, bass voice, basso, caitiff, common, dumpy, dwarfish, hereinafter, hollow, ignoble, lily livered, low, low down, lowering, mean, mediocrity, menial, netherlander, obsequious, pygmean, raffish, rascally, reptile, scummy, scurrilous, scurvy, servile, shallow, short, slavish, small, sordid, superficial, viola da gamba, vulgar, vulgarian), viola de gamba (viola da gamba), viola baixa (viola da gamba). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

contrabas (contrabass, double bass). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

контрабас (bass-viol, contrabass, double bass, double-bass). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

bajo de viola (viola da gamba). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kontrbas (contrabass, double bass), çello (cello). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

віолончель (cello, violoncello). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Bass Viol

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-i-l-o-s-s-v"

-2 letters: assoil, avisos, basils, salvos, silvas, violas.

-3 letters: aboil, aviso, bails, basil, basis, bassi, basso, bliss, boils, bolas, isbas, lasso, oasis, obias, ossia, ovals, sails, salvo, sials, silos, silva, sisal, slabs, slobs, soils, vails, vials, viola, viols, visas, voila.

-4 letters: abos, ails, albs, also, avos, bail, bals, bass, bias, bios, boas, boil, bola, boss, isba, labs, lass, lavs, libs, lobs, loss, obia, obis, oils, ossa, oval, sabs, sail, sals, sial, sibs, silo, slab, slob, sobs, soil, sola, soli, sols, vail, vial, viol, visa.

-5 letters: abo, abs, ail, ais, alb, als, ass, avo, bal, bas, bio, bis, boa, bos, lab, las, lav, lib, lis, lob, obi, oil, ova, sab, sal, sib, sis, sob, sol, sos, vas, via, vis.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-i-l-o-s-s-v"
 

+3 letters: dissolvable, vibratoless.

 

+4 letters: subvocalizes, violableness, voidableness.

 

+5 letters: immovableness, solvabilities, vibrationless.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Bass Viol


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 61 73 73      56 69 6F 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01100001 01110011 01110011 00100000 01010110 01101001 01101111 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#97 &#115 &#115 &#32 &#86 &#105 &#111 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0061 0073 0073      0056 0069 006F 006C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36678585256758178

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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