Basil

See also: basil and BASIL

English

Etymology

Name of several early saints, particularly in the Orthodox Church, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Basilius, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Βασίλειος (Basíleios).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæz.əl/
• Rhymes: -æzəl

Proper noun

Basil

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, in quiet but steady use in the UK.
   • 1866 Eliza Tabor Stephenson, Hester's Sacrifice, Hust and Blackett, 1866, Volume II, page 28:

     "Nonsense. I'm sure he can't have grey hair with such a pretty name as that. Basil Brooke, Basil Brooke," and May chanted the name over and over in her girlish, musical voice. "It sounds like all sorts of pleasant pictures. - -

Related terms

• Diminutives: Baz, Bazza

Translations

male given name

• Albanian: Vasili m
• Armenian: Բարսեղ (Barseġ), Վասիլ (Vasil)
• Asturian: Basiliu m
• Belarusian: Васі́ль m (Vasílʹ)
• Bulgarian: Василий m (Vasilij)
• Catalan: Basili m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴賽爾／巴赛尔, 巴赛尔 (Bāsài'ěr)

• Czech: Vasil (cs) m
• Finnish: Pasi (fi)
• French: Basile (fr) m
• Galician: Basilio (gl) m
• Greek: Βασίλειος (el) m (Vasíleios)
• Italian: Basilio (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: バジル (Bajiru)
• Latin: Basilius
• Latvian: Basilijs m
• Macedonian: Васил m (Vasil)
• Occitan: Basili m
• Polish: Bazyli (pl) m
• Portuguese: Basílio (pt) m
• Romanian: Vasile (ro) m
• Russian: Васи́лий (ru) m (Vasílij) (cognate), Бэ́зил m (Bɛ́zil) (transliteration)
• Serbo-Croatian: Bazilije m, Василије m
• Slovak: Vasil m
• Slovene: Bazilij m
• Spanish: Basilio (es) m
• Ukrainian: Васи́ль m (Vasýlʹ) (cognate)

Anagrams

• Bails, Blais, Salib, bails, labis