basset

basset hound

From bas (“low”) + -et (diminutive suffix).

short (in stature)

“Cousine Toutoune, elle était bassette, et large comme la glacière, pauvre bête.” — Cousin Toutoune, she was short, and as wide as the refrigerator, poor thing.

Related: bassette, Bassette

From bas (“low”) + -et (diminutive suffix).