BASSE-LISSE

Meaning of BASSE-LISSE in English

(ˈ)bä|slēs adjective

Etymology: French, from basse low (feminine of bas ) + lisse warp — more at base , lisse

: low-warp

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

BASSE — adj low (1. not high; 2. base, mean); in voce basse in a low voice, softly; marea basse low tide
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LISSE — ˈlēs noun ( -s ) Etymology: French lice, lisse heddle, warp, lisse, from Latin licia, plural of licium thread, thrum …
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LISSE — /lees/ , n. a fine, filmy, lightly crinkled gauze fabric used in strips for making ruching or for finishing garments. …
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LISSE — gemeente (commune), Zuid-Holland provincie, western Netherlands. It lies in the centre of the flower fields between Haarlem and Leiden. With …
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BASSE — En référence à l'orbite de certains satellites. Elle est généralement circulaire. La position de ces satellites se situe à quelques …
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BASSE — окунь
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BASSE — Окунь
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BASSE — = bass 4
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BASSE — (n) окунь
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BASSE — = bass 4
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BASSE — = bass 4
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BASSE — окунь
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BASSE-TERRE — Island (pop., 1999: 172,693) and seaport (pop., 1999: 12,410), Guadeloupe , West Indies. It is the western part of the …
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HAUTE-LISSE — (ˈ)ōt|lēs adjective Etymology: French : high-warp
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BASSE-TAILLE — (ˈ)bä|stī adjective Etymology: French, literally, a low cutting, from basse (feminine of bas low) + taille act of cutting — …
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BASSE DANSE — (ˈ)bäs|däⁿs noun ( plural basses danses -äⁿs(ə̇z)) Etymology: French basse-danse, danse basse, literally, low dance : a stately 15th century …
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BASSE-COUR — (ˈ)bä|sku̇(ə)r noun ( plural basse-cours -r(z)) Etymology: French, from Middle French basse-court — more at base-court : base-court 1
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BASSE-TAILLE — /bahs tah"yeu/ , adj. of or pertaining to an enameling technique in which transparent enamels are fused over a background …
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BASSE-TAILLE — (French: "low-cut"), an enameling technique in which a metal surface, usually gold or silver, is engraved or carved in low …
Britannica English vocabulary
BASSE DANSE — (French: low dance), courtly dance for couples, originating in 14th-century Italy and fashionable in many varieties for two centuries. Its …
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BASSE-TERRE — one of the two major islands of Guadeloupe (q.v.). administrative capital of Guadeloupe (an overseas dpartement of France), on the …
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BASSE-NORMANDIE — rgion, encompassing the northwestern French dpartements of Orne, Calvados, and Manche and coextensive with western Normandy (q.v.). The capital is …
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PAIS — (-ís) n land, country; Paises Basse Low Countries (= Belgium, Holland, and Luxemburg); Pais Basse Netherlands, Holland; vino del pais …
Interlingua English vocab
FUNDO — n 1. bottom; 2. foundation; 3. background; 4. fund (= sum of money set aside for a special purpose); dar …
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GUADELOUPE — geographical name two islands, Basse-Terre (or ~ proper) & Grande-Terre, in French West Indies in central Leeward Islands; an overseas …
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GUADELOUPE — Overseas department of France (pop., 2002 est.: 432,000), eastern West Indies . Consisting of the islands of Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre …
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BASS — I. ˈbas, -aa(ə)-, -ai- sometimes in NE -ȧ- noun ( plural bass or basses ) Etymology: Middle English bace, base, …
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BASE-COURT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle French basse-court, from basse (feminine of bas low) + court — more at base 1. a. …
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GUADELOUPE — /gwahd'l oohp"/ , n. two islands (Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre) separated by a narrow channel in the Leeward Islands of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GUADELOUPE — geographical name two islands, Basse-Terre (or Guadeloupe proper) & Grande-Terre, in French West Indies in central Leeward Islands; an overseas …
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LIST — ~ 1 ■ noun 1》 a number of connected items or names written consecutively. 2》 ( ~s ) historical palisades …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PELISSE — [pe.lisse] n [F, fr. LL pellicia, fr. fem. of pellicius made of skin, fr. L pellis skin--more at fell] (1717) …
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COULISSE — [cou.lisse] n [F, fr. OF coulice portcullis, fr. fem. of coleiz flowing, sliding, fr. couler] (1819) 1 a: a side …
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HILLEGOM — gemeente (commune), Zuid-Holland provincie, western Netherlands, on the Ringvaart, a canal around the Haarlemmermeer polder. With Lisse it is one …
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GUADELOUPE
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GRIN, ALEKSANDR STEPANOVICH — born Aug. 11 [Aug. 23, New Style], 1880, Slobodskoy, Russia died July 8, 1932, Stary Krym, Crimea, Russia, U.S.S.R. [now …
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GRAAFF, SIMON DE — born Aug. 24, 1861, Lisse, Neth. died Oct. 2, 1948, Oegstgeest Dutch statesman who, as colonial minister (1919-25), reorganized the …
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CELTIC LITERATURE — the body of writings composed in Irish and the languages derived from it, Scottish Gaelic and Manx, and in Welsh …
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CARCASSONNE — town, capital of Aude dpartement, Languedoc-Roussillon region, southwestern France, southeast of Toulouse, near the eastward bend of the Aude River, …
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GUADELOUPE — n. Overseas department of France (pop., 2002 est.: 432,000), eastern West Indies . Consisting of the islands of Basse-Terre and …
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