contrabasso

[ kon-truh-bas-oh, -bah-soh; Italian kawn-trah-bahs-saw ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural con·tra·bas·sos, con·tra·bas·si [kon-tr, uh, -, bas, -ee, -, bah, -see, kawn-t, r, ah-, bahs, -see],

< Italian contrabasso, equivalent to contra- contra- ²( def ) + basso bass ¹

Very large Bass Viol with four strings (corresponding to the modern Contrabasso).

He is represented, as is well known, seated in the group of musicians in the centre, and playing the contrabasso.

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