basic

See also Basic, BASIC, and bàsic

English

Etymology

base +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪsɪk

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)

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) 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) Interlingua: basic (ia) Japanese: 基本的 (きほんてき, kihon-teki) 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), фундаментален (bg) 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 (きほんてき, kihon-teki) Maltese: bażiku (mt) Russian: базовый (bázovyj) m., основной (osnovnój) m., элементарный (elementárnyj) m.

chemistry: of a base

Bulgarian: основен (bg), алкален (bg) 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) Italian: basico (it) Polish: zasadowy (pl) m.

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Ido: bazala

Portuguese: básico

Anagrams

• SABIC

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

basic m. inv.

1. (computing) BASIC

Anagrams

• bisca