basamento

== Ido == === Etymology === Borrowed from English basement, Italian basamento, Spanish basamento. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /basaˈmento/ === Noun === basamento (plural basamenti) basement, base (of a structure) == Italian == === Etymology === From basare +‎ -mento. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.zaˈmen.to/ Rhymes: -ento Hyphenation: ba‧sa‧mén‧to === Noun === basamento m (plural basamenti) base (of a structure) bed, base plate (geology) basement (mass of rock underlying sedimentary cover) === Further reading === basamento in Collins Italian-English Dictionary basamento in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli) basamento in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa basaménto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication baṡaménto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Spanish == === Etymology === From basar +‎ -mento. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /basaˈmento/ [ba.saˈmẽn̪.t̪o] Rhymes: -ento Syllabification: ba‧sa‧men‧to === Noun === basamento m (plural basamentos) the base of a column or another structure, plinth 2008, Antonio de la Iglesia, Estudios arqueológicos, CSIC-Dpto. de Publicaciones, page 82: ==== Usage notes ==== Basamento is a false friend, and does not mean “basement”. The word for “basement” in Spanish is sótano. ==== Further reading ==== “basamento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025