basil

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, Canada, Australia, NZ) IPA(key): /ˈbæz.əl/ Rhymes: -æzəl Homophone: Basil (Canada, US) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪ.zəl/ Rhymes: -eɪzəl === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle English basile, from Middle French basile, from Old French basile, from Medieval Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón, “royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”). Doublet of basilic, basilicon, and basilicum; further related to basileus, basilean, and basileiolatry. ==== Noun ==== basil (usually uncountable, plural basils) A plant (Ocimum basilicum). Synonyms: sweet basil, St. Joseph's wort, common basil, American dittany, great basil The leaves of this plant used as a herb. Synonym: sweet basil Any other species in the genus Ocimum. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Indonesian: basil ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== basil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ocimum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Ocimum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Etymology 2 === Variant of bezel. ==== Noun ==== basil (plural basils) The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away. ==== Verb ==== basil (third-person singular simple present basils, present participle (US) basiling or (UK) basilling, simple past and past participle (US) basiled or (UK) basilled) (transitive) To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle. ===== Synonyms ===== bevel, sharpen === Etymology 3 === Corrupted from English basan, from French basane, from Late Latin basanium, from Arabic بِطانَة (biṭāna, “lining”). ==== Noun ==== basil (plural basils) The skin of a sheep tanned with bark. ===== Synonyms ===== basan, bazil === Etymology 4 === From Old French basile (“basilisk”). ==== Noun ==== basil (plural basils) (obsolete) A type of cannon. (now historical, archaic) A fetter fastened round the ankle of a prisoner. === Anagrams === sabil, Sibal, Blais, Salib, Bails, labis, Balis, Blasi, bails == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbasɪl] Hyphenation: ba‧sil === Etymology 1 === From Dutch bacil, from French bacille, from German Bazillus or translingual Bacillus, coined by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. ==== Noun ==== basil bacillus ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From English basil, from Old French basile, from Medieval Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón, “royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”). ==== Noun ==== basil basil (Ocimum basilicum) Synonym: selasih ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === “basil”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Tagalog == === Etymology === Compare Hanunoo basol and Cebuano basol. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbasil/ [ˈbaː.sɪl] Rhymes: -asil Syllabification: ba‧sil === Noun === basil (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜒᜎ᜔) (now dialectal, chiefly Quezon) caterpillar Synonyms: higad, tilas, (Cavite, Rizal) simutsang, (Cavite) mutsang-mutsang, (dialectal, Quezon) alibasoy, katerpilar === Further reading === “basil”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Manuel, E. Arsenio (1971), A Lexicographic Study of Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon Province, Quezon City: Diliman Review, page 70 Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier. Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.