baix

Inherited from Late Latin bassus. Compare Occitan baish.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbaʃ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbajʃ]

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• Rhymes: -aʃ, -ajʃ

baix (feminine baixa, masculine plural baixos, feminine plural baixes)

1. low

   Antonym: alt

2. short (of people)

baix

1. low

baix m (plural baixos)

1. bass (singer in the bass range)
2. bass (instrument that plays in the bass range)
3. (castells) a casteller at the base of each of the columns that make up the tronc, supporting one of the segons on his or her shoulders

• baixista

• “baix”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “baix”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “baix” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “baix” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.