greatly, totally, immensely; used with erstaunt (“astonished”) or, less often, other words expressing a sudden reaction/emotion · better, more properly, readily
köken: From Middle High German baȥ, from Old High German baȥ, from Proto-Germanic *batiz (“better”, adverb), comparative of *wela (“well”), whence German wohl. Represents the old adverb form of besser, whose adverbial use developed in Middle High German. Attributive use of bass, in turn, is much more recent and has remained rare.
base; foundation · base, basis; a set of vectors which span a certain space · base; the lower, horizontal line in a triangle or the horizontal plane in a cone, pyramid etc.
bass (musical instrument) · bottle crate (a crate used to transport bottles) · prison (a place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)
köken: Borrowed from German Bass or French basse. The meaning “prison” was probably based on French au violon (“in prison”, literally “in violin”). The meaning “bottle crate” was probably derived from that, with the bottles being confined in the crate. First attested in the 17th century.
bass (a low spectrum of sound tones) · bass, basso (male singer who sings in the bass range) · bass, double bass (an instrument that plays in the bass range)
çekim: çoğul ба́сове
köken: Borrowed from French basse, and Italian basso, whence also obsolete ба́со (báso). бас (bas) is from 1863, whereas ба́со (báso) sees use starting from 1862, but has since disappeared from use.