basen

See also: Basen, båsen, and báseň

English

Etymology

From base (adjective) + -en.

Verb

basen (third-person singular simple present basens, present participle basening, simple past and past participle basened)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become base (inferior or unworthy); to lower
    • 1897, Sir William Robertson Nicoll, James Macdonell, Journalist, page 186:
      If I had time I should write a long essay to show how much the political, and the ethical, and the theological teaching of the early Friends has basened that of modern England.
    • 1956, Carlin T. Kindilien, American poetry in the eighteen nineties:
      The Nation, self-immersed, sinks in the mires;
      It basens to a horde of the unjust.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

basen

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of basar

Catalan

Verb

basen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of basar

Dutch

Etymology 1

From English freebase. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbeːzə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧sen
  • Rhymes: -eːzən

Verb

basen

  1. (transitive, intransitive, slang) to inhale or insufflate (heated cocaine)
Inflection
Conjugation of basen (weak)
infinitive basen
past singular basede
past participle gebased
infinitive basen
gerund basen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular basebasede
2nd person sing. (jij) basetbasede
2nd person sing. (u) basetbasede
2nd person sing. (gij) basetbasede
3rd person singular basetbasede
plural basenbaseden
subjunctive sing.1 basebasede
subjunctive plur.1 basenbaseden
imperative sing. base
imperative plur.1 baset
participles basendgebased
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːzə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ba‧sen
  • Rhymes: -aːzən

Noun

basen

  1. plural of base

Middle English

Noun

basen

  1. Alternative form of basyn

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

basen m

  1. definite singular of base

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

basen m

  1. definite singular of base

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bassin, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinus, *baccinum, probably from Gaulish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.sɛn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -asɛn
  • Syllabification: ba‧sen

Noun

basen m inan (diminutive basenik)

  1. pool, swimming pool
    Synonym: pływalnia
  2. tank, basin (a collection point for liquids)
  3. basin (an area that drains into a larger body of water)
    Synonym: zlewisko
    Hypernym: akwen
    basen oceanicznyocean basin
    basen sedymentacyjnysedimentary basin
  4. (nautical) wet dock
    Synonym: basen portowy
    Hypernym: akwen
  5. basin, bedpan

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
noun

See also

Further reading

  • basen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • basen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Verb

basen

  1. inflection of basar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Noun

basen

  1. definite singular of bas

Anagrams

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) (standard) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbasɛn/
    • (North Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbasan/, /ˈbəsɛn/, /ˈbəsan/, /sɛn/, /san/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbasɛn/
    • (South Wales) (colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbəsɛn/, /sɛn/
  • Rhymes: -asɛn

Verb

basen

  1. first/third-person plural conditional colloquial of bod

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
basen fasen masen unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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