contrabass
adjective /ˈkɒntrəbeɪs/
/ˈkɑːntrəbeɪs/
- (of a musical instrument) with a range of notes one octave below that of a bass instrument
- a contrabass clarinet
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Italian contrabasso, from contra- ‘pitched an octave below’ + basso, from Latin basis ‘base, pedestal’, from Greek.