(a) (Declension: fem basse) low price, height, temperature

(b) (in hierarchy, classification) low, (especially of two) lower; les basses classes the lower classes; (Politics) la Chambre basse the Lower House; mer basse low tide, low water; à marée basse at low tide

(c) (geographically) low, lower; les pays ~ the Netherlands; le ~ Rhin the lower Rhine

(d) (pej, fig) low, mean attitude, vulgar expression; (Ling) ~ allemand/latin low German/Latin; (Commerce) ~ de gamme low-end, bottom-of-the-range (somtimes pej), downmarket (pej); être au plus ~ to be on a low ebb, be (feeling) low; c'est ~ de sa part that's a bit low, it's a bit low of him

(e) (in pitch) low, deep; (Music) low note; voix basse low voice, deep voice

(a) to be low; to keep down; parler (plus) ~ to speak (more) quietly, lower one's voice; parler tout ~ to speak in a whisper; (X mètres) plus ~ (X metres) further down; en ~ at the bottom (de, of); de haut en ~ from top to bottom; en ~ de la page/de l'escalier at the bottom of the page/stairs; "~ les mains!", (Infml) "~ les pattes!" "hands off!", "paws off!" (Infml), "keep your paws off!" (Infml), "keep your mits off!" (Infml), "keep your sticky mits off!" (Infml), "keep your grubby mits off!" (Infml); "à ~ le roi!" "down with the king!"; mettre à ~ to demolish, pull down a house; mettre ~ to lay down one's arms; (of animal) to give birth, drop its young

(b) en ~ downstairs; mon voisin d'en ~ my neighbour from downstairs, my downstairs neighbour

(c) (Music) chanter trop ~ to sing too low, sing out of tune; to sing too quietly

(a) bottom, foot (slightly more formal, literary) of a hill, tree; (more generally) bottom part, lower part of an object, lower end of the market; l'étagère du ~ the bottom shelf; le ~ du dos the small of the back; ~ de caisse underbody; ~ de marche sill; ~ de porte doorsill; (Comput, typing) ~ de page footer; (Comput, typing) ~ de casse lower case; en ~ de casse lower-case characters

(a) (fig) avoir des hauts et des ~ to have ups and downs

(a) stocking; ~ de soie/de nylon silk/nylon stocking;