basilar
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowing from New Latin basilāris, irregularly from basis (“a pedestal, foot, base”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); or from French basilaire, from base (“base, basis”) + -aire (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix), in the pattern of cimbalaire (“cymbal-shaped”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbas.ɪl.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbæz.əl.ɚ/, /ˈbæs.əl.ɚ/, /ˈbeɪ.zəl.ɚ/, /ˈbeɪ.səl.ɚ/
- Rhymes: -æsɪlə(ɹ), -æzɪlə(ɹ)
Adjective
editbasilar (not comparable)
- (anatomy, relational) Of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or an organ of Corti.
- Lower, inferior, base.
- 1883, Henry Ward Beecher, “What is the Bible?”, in Plymouth Pulpit: A Weekly Publication of Sermons Preached by Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church Brooklyn[1], volume 6, number 17, page 343:
- […] that which he has in common with the lion, the cow and the horse—namely, the basilar instincts and appetites that in the animal creation constitute the whole.
Synonyms
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editTranslations
editReferences
edit- “basilar”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “basilar”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French basilaire.[1][2]
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: ba‧si‧lar
Adjective
editbasilar m or f (plural basilares, comparable)
References
edit- ^ “basilar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “basilar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editbasilar m or f (masculine and feminine plural basilares)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “basilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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