Meanings
nounbass guitar (plural bass guitars)
plural bass guitars
- A long-necked and solid-bodied stringed instrument (chordophone), tuned to produce bass or low notes, usually with a fretted fingerboard and four thick strings, and requiring the use of an amplifier.
Translations
Afrikaans baskitaar
- baskitaarelectric stringed instrument
Arabic غيتار البيس
- غيتار البيسelectric stringed instrument
Basque baxu elektriko
- baxu elektrikoelectric stringed instrument
Bulgarian бас китара
- бас китара (bas kitara)electric stringed instrument
Catalan baix elèctric
- baix elèctricelectric stringed instrument
Chinese Mandarin 電貝斯 /电贝斯, 貝斯吉他 /贝斯吉他
- 電貝斯 /电贝斯 (diànbèisī)electric stringed instrument
- 貝斯吉他 /贝斯吉他 (bèisī jítā)electric stringed instrument
- 低音吉他 (dīyīn jítā)electric stringed instrument
- 貝斯 /贝斯 (bèisī)electric stringed instrument
Czech baskytara, basová kytara
- baskytaraelectric stringed instrument
- basová kytaraelectric stringed instrument
Danish basguitar
- basguitarelectric stringed instrument
Dutch basgitaar, bas
- basgitaarelectric stringed instrument
- baselectric stringed instrument
Esperanto basgitaro, malalta
- basgitaroelectric stringed instrument
- malaltaelectric stringed instrument
Estonian basskitarr
- basskitarrelectric stringed instrument
Finnish bassokitara, basso
- bassokitaraelectric stringed instrument
- bassoelectric stringed instrument
French guitare basse
- guitare basseelectric stringed instrument
German Bassgitarre, Bass
- Bassgitarreelectric stringed instrument
- Basselectric stringed instrument
Hebrew גיטרה בס
- גיטרה בסelectric stringed instrument
Hindi बेस गिटार
- बेस गिटार (bes giṭār)electric stringed instrument
Hungarian basszusgitár
- basszusgitárelectric stringed instrument
Icelandic bassagítar
- bassagítarelectric stringed instrument
Indonesian gitar bas
- gitar baselectric stringed instrument
Irish dordghiotár
- dordghiotárelectric stringed instrument
Italian basso elettrico, basso
- basso elettricoelectric stringed instrument
- bassoelectric stringed instrument
- chitarra bassoelectric stringed instrument
Japanese ベースギター, ベース
- ベースギター (bēsugitā)electric stringed instrument
- ベース (bēsu)electric stringed instrument
- エレクトリックベースelectric stringed instrument
Korean 베이스 기타, 바스 기타
- 베이스 기타 (beiseu gita)electric stringed instrument
- 바스 기타 (baseu gita)electric stringed instrument
Latin cithara gravis
- cithara graviselectric stringed instrument
Latvian basģitāra
- basģitāraelectric stringed instrument
Lithuanian bosinė gitara
- bosinė gitaraelectric stringed instrument
Malay gitar bes
- gitar beselectric stringed instrument
Māori kitā panguru
- kitā panguruelectric stringed instrument
Norwegian bassgitar, bass
- bassgitarelectric stringed instrument
- basselectric stringed instrument
Persian گیتار بیس
- گیتار بیسelectric stringed instrument
Polish gitara basowa, bas
- gitara basowaelectric stringed instrument
- baselectric stringed instrument
Portuguese baixo elétrico, baixo
- baixo elétricoelectric stringed instrument
- baixoelectric stringed instrument
Romanian chitară bas
- chitară baselectric stringed instrument
Russian бас-гита́ра, бас
- бас-гита́ра (bas-gitára)electric stringed instrument
- бас (bas)electric stringed instrument
Scottish Gaelic beus-ghiotàr
- beus-ghiotàrelectric stringed instrument
Slovak basová gitara
- basová gitaraelectric stringed instrument
Spanish guitarra baja, bajo
- guitarra bajaelectric stringed instrument
- bajoelectric stringed instrument
- bajo eléctricoelectric stringed instrument
Swedish basgitarr, bas
- basgitarrelectric stringed instrument
- baselectric stringed instrument
Tamil கிரவ கிதார்
- கிரவ கிதார் (kirava kitār)electric stringed instrument
Thai กีตาร์เบส
- กีตาร์เบส (kītār̒ bes̄)electric stringed instrument
Turkish bas gitar
- bas gitarelectric stringed instrument
Ukrainian бас-гітара
- бас-гітара (bas-hitara)electric stringed instrument
Welsh gitâr fas
- gitâr faselectric stringed instrument
Cite this entry
APA
bass guitar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bass%20guitar
MLA
“bass guitar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bass%20guitar. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bass guitar,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bass%20guitar.
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