basin

See also basın

English

Etymology

From Middle English basin, from Old French bacin, from Medieval Latin baccinum, from Late Latin bacca 'wine jug', from Gaulish (compare Welsh baich 'load, burden', Irish bac 'hindrance').

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪsən

Noun

basin (plural basins)

1. A bowl for washing, often affixed to a wall.
2. (geography) An area of water that drains into a river.
3. (geography) A rock formation scooped out by water erosion.

Synonyms

• (bowl): sink

Derived terms

• basin of attraction
• catchment basin
• drainage basin
• oceanic basin
• sedimentary basin

Translations

bowl for washing, often affixed to a wall

Basque: arroa (eu) Breton: basin f. -ioù Bulgarian: умивалник (bg) Catalan: pica (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 洗滌槽, simpl. 洗涤槽 (xǐ dí cáo) Czech: umyvadlo (cs) n. Danish: bassin (da) n. Dutch: bassin (nl) n. Finnish: amme (fi), pesuallas (fi) French: cuvette (fr) f., bassine (fr) f., lavabo (fr) m. German: Becken (de) n., Waschbecken (de) n. Greek: νιπτήρας (el) m. Haitian Creole: basin, basen Ido: baseno (io) Italian: lavandino (it) m., lavabo (it) m. Japanese: たらい (ja) (tarai)

Korean: 대야 (ko) (daeya) Latin: alveus (la) m. Luhya: ekarai, ebeseni Meru: karai Norwegian: servant (no) m., vaskekum (no) m., balje (no) m. Polish: umywalka (pl) f. Portuguese: bacia (pt) f. Romanian: chiuvetă (ro) f. Russian: таз (ru) Scottish Gaelic: amar (gd) m. Spanish: pileta (es) f., lavamanos (es) m. Swahili: karai (sw), beseni (sw) Swedish: tvättfat (sv) n., handfat (sv) n. Tagalog: palanggana (tl) n. Ukrainian: таз (uk) (taz) m. Vietnamese: cái chảo (vi)

area of water that drains into a river

Breton: diazad m. -où Bulgarian: басейн (bg) Catalan: conca (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 流域, simpl. 流域 (liú yù) Crimean Tatar: basseyn Czech: povodí (cs) n. Dutch: stroomgebied (nl) n., bekken (nl) n. Estonian: valgla (et), valgala (et) French: bassin (fr) m. Greek: λεκάνη απορροής (el) f.

Ido: baseno (io) Italian: bacino (it) m. Japanese: 盆地 (ja) (bonchi), 流域 (ja) (ryūiki) Norwegian: vann (no) n., innsjø (no) n., basseng (no) n. Polish: basen (pl) m. Russian: бассейн (ru) Scottish Gaelic: amar (gd) m. Spanish: cuenca (es) f. Swahili: beseni (sw) Turkish: havza (tr) Ukrainian: басейн (uk) (baséjn) m.

rock formation scooped out by water erosion

Catalan: conca (ca) f. Finnish: syvänne (fi) French: bassin (fr) m. Hungarian: medence (hu) Ido: baseno (io) Italian: conca (it)

Japanese: 入り江 (ja) (irie) Russian: бассейн (ru) Scottish Gaelic: amar (gd) m. Turkish: koy (tr) Ukrainian: басейн (uk) (baséjn) m.

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Arabic: الحوض Breton: pezel f. -ioù, gwalc'heris m. -où (1, affixed to a wall) Bulgarian: леген, паница, малък залив, пристанище, басейн Icelandic: skál, dæld, vatnasvæði Interlingua: bassino

Latin: lebes Portuguese: bacia f., pia f. Spanish: palangana, cuenca, bol, lavabo Telugu: బొచ్చె, పరీవాహక ప్రాంతం Volapük: basin Welsh: basn, cawg, chawg, ddysgl, fail, fasn, gawg, mail, masn, nghawg, nysgl Turkish: legen, kase, havza

External links

• basin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• basin in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

See also

• Basin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Basin in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Anagrams

• sabin, Sabin

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French

Etymology

Old French bombasin, from Lombardic bombasina (Italian bambagino), ultimately from Medieval Latin bambax, from Ancient Greek πάμϐαξ (“cotton”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bazɛ̃/

Noun

basin m. (plural basins)

1. (textiles, historical) bombasine

Anagrams

• bains

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Hiligaynon

Noun

basín

1. toilet

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Volapük

Noun

basin

1. basin
2. water basin