bace

See also: bacë

English

Etymology 1

From dialectal English (compare Old Scots bais, base (to beat soundly)), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish bas (a beating, flogging), Swedish basa (to beat, flog), Danish bask (a lash, blow), Danish baske (to beat, strike, flap). Cognate with Scots baiss (to beat, drub). More at bash, box.

Noun

bace (plural baces)

  1. (rare) A blow; a drubbing.

Noun

bace (plural baces)

  1. Obsolete form of base.

Adjective

bace (comparative more bace, superlative most bace)

  1. Obsolete form of base.

Verb

bace (third-person singular simple present baces, present participle bacing, simple past and past participle baced)

  1. Obsolete form of base.

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English bærs, from Proto-West Germanic *bars, from Proto-Germanic *barsaz.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bars/, /bas/, /baːs/

Noun

bace

  1. bass (fish)
Descendants
  • English: bass, barse
References

Adjective

bace

  1. Alternative form of bas

Noun

bace

  1. Alternative form of base

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.t͡sɛ/
  • Rhymes: -at͡sɛ
  • Syllabification: ba‧ce

Noun

bace f

  1. dative/locative singular of baka

Romanian

Noun

bace f pl

  1. plural of bacă

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

bace (Cyrillic spelling баце)

  1. third-person plural present of baciti
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