basamento

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English basement, Italian basamento, Spanish basamento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basaˈmento/

Noun

basamento (plural basamenti)

1. basement, base (of a structure)

Italian

Etymology

From basare +‎ -mento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.zaˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa‧mén‧to

Noun

basamento m (plural basamenti)

1. base (of a structure)
2. bed, base plate
3. (geology) basement (mass of rock underlying sedimentary cover)

Further reading

• basamento in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• basamento in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• basamento in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• basaménto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• baṡaménto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

FWOTD – 23 February 2013

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis

Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis

Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor.

Latin basisder.

Spanish base

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish basar

Spanish -mento

Spanish basamento

From basar + -mento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basaˈmento/ [ba.saˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ba‧sa‧men‧to

Noun

basamento m (plural basamentos)

1. the base of a column or another structure, plinth
   • 2008, Antonio de la Iglesia, Estudios arqueológicos, CSIC-Dpto. de Publicaciones, page 82:

     Los seres del basamento del pilar de la izquierda son animales alados y barbudos, con orejas de cerdo, rostros de buitre y garras de león.

     The beings of the base of the left pillar are winged and bearded animals, with pig ears, vulture faces and lion claws.

Usage notes

• Basamento is a false friend, and does not mean “basement”. The word for “basement” in Spanish is sótano.

Further reading

• “basamento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “basamento”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA