basic

See also Basic, BASIC, and bàsic

English

Etymology

base +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbeɪsɪk/
• Rhymes: -eɪsɪk

Adjective

basic (comparative more basic, superlative most basic)

1. necessary, essential for life or some process.

   Flour is a basic ingredient of bread.

2. elementary, simple, fundamental, merely functional.

   The Hotel Sparta’s accommodation is purely basic.

3. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to a base; antonym of acidic

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:bare-bones

Derived terms

• basically
• BASIC

Translations

necessary, essential for life or some process

• Bengali: মৌলিক (bn) (moulik)
• Bulgarian: основен (bg) (osnoven)
• Chinese: 基本的 (jīběn-de)
• Czech: základní (cs) m, nezbytný (cs)
• Danish: basal (da), grundlæggende (da)
• Dutch: basis- (nl), elementair (nl)
• Esperanto: baza (eo)

• Finnish: olennainen (fi), perus- (fi), perustavanlaatuinen (fi)
• French: basique (fr)
• Interlingua: basic (ia)
• Japanese: 基本的 (ja) (きほんてき, kihonteki)
• Maltese: bażiku (mt)
• Russian: основной (ru) (osnovnój) m , элементарный (ru) (elementárnyj) m 
• Spanish: básico (es) m

elementary, simple, merely functional

• Arabic: ﺃﺳﺎﺳﻲ (ʼasāsiy) m
• Bengali: মৌলিক (bn) (moulik)
• Bulgarian: основен (bg) (osnoven), фундаментален (bg) (fundamentalen)
• Chinese: 基本的 (jīběn-de), 基礎的, 基础的 (jīchǔ-de)
• Czech: základní (cs) m, elementární (cs) m, jednoduchý (cs) m
• Danish: basal (da), elementær (da)
• Dutch: elementair (nl)

• Finnish: vaatimaton (fi), yksinkertainen (fi), alkeellinen (fi)
• Interlingua: basic (ia)
• Italian: basico (it)
• Japanese: 基礎の (きその, kiso-no), 基本的 (ja) (きほんてき, kihonteki)
• Maltese: bażiku (mt)
• Russian: базовый (bázovyj) m, основной (osnovnój) m, элементарный (elementárnyj) m

chemistry: of a base

• Bulgarian: основен (bg) (osnoven), алкален (bg) (alkalen)
• Czech: zásaditý (cs) m
• Danish: basisk (da)
• Dutch: basisch (nl)
• Esperanto: baza (eo)
• Finnish: emäksinen (fi), alkalinen (fi)

• French: basique (fr)
• German: basisch (de)
• Interlingua: basic (ia)
• Japanese: 塩基性 (ja) (えんきせい, enkisei)
• Italian: basico (it)
• Polish: zasadowy (pl) m

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• Ido: bazala

• Portuguese: básico

Noun

basic (plural basics)

1. A necessary commodity, a staple requirement.

   Rice is a basic for many Asian villagers.

2. An elementary building block, e.g. a fundamental piece of knowledge.

   Arithmetic is a basic for the study of mathematics.

3. (military) basic training.

Translations

necessary commodity

• Czech: základ (cs) m
• Dutch: basisonderdeel (nl) n, basisbehoefte (nl) f

• Finnish: perustarvike (fi) (good), peruselintarvike (fi) (food)

elementary building block

• Czech: nezbytnost (cs) f
• Dutch: basis (nl), basisonderdeel (nl) n

• Estonian: alus (et)
• Finnish: perusta (fi)

Anagrams

• SABIC

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

basic m (invariable)

1. (computing) BASIC

Anagrams

• bisca