French Etymology Borrowed from Italian contrabbasso. Pronunciation IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.bas/, /kɔ̃.tʁə.bas/ ~ /kɔ̃.tʁə.bɑs/ Audio:(file) Noun contrebasse f (plural contrebasses) contrabass (musical range) double bass (string instrument) Descendants → Persian: کنترباس (kontrbâs) → Turkish: kontrbas Further reading “contrebasse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.