basal

From base +‎ -al.

• (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈbeɪsəɫ]

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• (US, also) IPA^(key): [ˈbeɪzəɫ]
• Rhymes: -eɪsəl, -eɪzəl

basal (comparative more basal, superlative most basal)

1. Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.

   This is the basal idea.

   The organism needs more energy on basal maintenance.

   A basal reader is a kind of book that is used to teach reading.

2. (anatomy) Associated with the base of an organism or structure.

   In the spring, basal leaves emerge from a stout taproot.

3. (medicine) Of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism.

   a basal diet

4. (chiefly systematics) In a phylogenetic tree, being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier. The earliest clade to branch in a larger clade.

   Hittite is a basal Indo-European language.

   A magnolia is a basal angiosperm.

• basilar

basal (plural basals)

1. base, bottom, minimum
2. (anatomy) Any basal structure or part

• Ba'als, Baals, Baʿals, LABAs, albas, baals, balas, balsa, blaas, laabs, sabal

Borrowed from Arabic بَصَل (baṣal).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasal/, [ˈbʌsʌl]
• Hyphenation: ba‧sal

básal m (singulative basáltu m)

1. (collective) onions

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “basal”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

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basal (feminine basale, masculine plural basaux, feminine plural basales)

1. basal

• → Romanian: bazal
• → Turkish: bazal

• “basal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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basal (strong nominative masculine singular basaler, comparative basaler, superlative am basalsten)

1. basal

• IPA^(key): [ˈbasal]
• Hyphenation: ba‧sal

From Dutch basalt, from French basalte, from Middle French basalte, from Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”).

basal (first-person possessive basalku, second-person possessive basalmu, third-person possessive basalnya)

1. (geology) basalt: a hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.

• basalt (Standard Malay)

From Malay basal (“dropsy”), from Arabic بَصَل (baṣal, “onion, bulb”).

basal (first-person possessive basalku, second-person possessive basalmu, third-person possessive basalnya)

1. dropsy, edema

   Synonym: edema

From Dutch basaal, from English basal.

basal

1. basal:
   1. basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.

      Synonym: dasar

   2. (anatomy, histology) associated with the base of an organism or structure.
   3. (medicine) of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism.

• “basal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Arabic بَصَل (baṣal).

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.sal/
• Rhymes: -asal

basal m (collective, singulative basla, paucal basliet)

1. onion (as a mass or species); several onions
   • 2018, “Tasal li tiekol burger bid-dud?”, in Television Malta (TVM)‎:

     Biex il-burger ikun komplut jisserva bil-ħass, basal u tadam u diġà kien suċċess fl-Olanda u l-Belġju.

     For the burger to be complete it is served with lettuce, onions and tomatoes; it has already been a success in the Netherlands and Belgium.

2. bulbs

basal

1. to beat, to knock

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: ba‧sal

basal m or f (plural basais, not comparable)

1. basal

• IPA^(key): /baˈsal/ [baˈsal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ba‧sal

basal m or f (masculine and feminine plural basales)

1. basal

• “basal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Ottoman Turkish بصل (basal), from Arabic بَصَل (baṣal, “onion”).

basal (definite accusative basali, plural basaller)

1. onion (Allium cepa)

   Synonym: soğan

2. (botany) bulbous root

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “basal1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 474