kōⁿ.trəbääs, ˈkän.trəˌbās noun
Etymology: French contrebasse, literally, contrabass, from Middle French, from Old Italian contrabasso — more at contrabass
: a wood or metal organ stop of 16-foot pitch with a string tone — called also violone
kōⁿ.trəbääs, ˈkän.trəˌbās noun
Etymology: French contrebasse, literally, contrabass, from Middle French, from Old Italian contrabasso — more at contrabass
: a wood or metal organ stop of 16-foot pitch with a string tone — called also violone
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012