bassette
French, adjective/ba.sɛt/
bassette is spelled B-A-S-S-E-T-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 76 million words in written French, the 273,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bassette is a French feminine adjective meaning “short-legged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of basset (“basset; short”).
What does bassette mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of basset (“basset; short”)
- 2
short-legged
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jeu de cartes qui ressemble au lansquenet ou au pharaon.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bassette
- bassettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bassette?
- /ba.sɛt/
- /bɑ.sɛt/
- [ba.sɛt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bassette in French?
bassette appears about once in every 76 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).