basil

See also: Basil and BASIL

English

Ocimum basilicum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæz.əl/

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

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French basile, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin basilicum, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón, “royal”), from .

Noun

basil (usually uncountable, plural basils)

1. A plant (Ocimum basilicum).
2. The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
3. Any other species in the genus Ocimum.

Synonyms

• (plant): albahaca, St. Joseph's wort, sweet basil

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Asian basil
• basil thyme
• holy basil
• Lao basil

• lemon basil
• sweet basil
• Thai basil
• wild basil

Translations

plant

• Albanian: borzilok (sq) m
• Arabic: ريحان m (rayḥān), اَلْحَبَق m (al-ḥabaq)

  Egyptian Arabic: ريحان m (reḥaan)

  Hijazi Arabic: ريحان m (rēḥān)

  Moroccan Arabic: حبق m (ħbaq)

• Armenian: ռեհան (hy) (ṙehan)
• Asturian: albahaca f
• Azerbaijani: reyhan
• Basque: albaka
• Bulgarian: босилек (bg) (bosilek)
• Burmese: ပင်စိမ်းမွှေး (pangcim:hmwe:), ပင်စိမ်း (my) (pangcim:)
• Catalan: alfàbrega (ca) f, alfàbega (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 羅勒／罗勒 (lo⁴ lak⁶), 罗勒 (lo⁴ lak⁶)

  Mandarin: 羅勒／罗勒 (zh) (luólè), 罗勒 (zh) (luólè)

• Czech: bazalka (cs) f
• Danish: basilikum c
• Dutch: basilicum (nl) m, bazielkruid n, koningskruid n, basiliekruid n
• Esperanto: bazilio, ocimo
• Finnish: basilika (fi)
• French: basilic (fr) m
• Galician: alfábega (gl) f, monforadiña f
• Gallurese: basgiricò
• Georgian: რეჰანი (rehani), შაშკვლავი (šašḳvlavi)
• German: Basilikum (de)
• Greek: βασιλικός (el) m (vasilikós)

  Ancient: ὤκιμον n (ṓkimon)

• Hebrew: רֵיחָן (he) m (rēḥán), בָּזִילִיקוּם (he) m (bazíliqum)
• Hindi: तुलसी (hi) f (tulsī)
• Hungarian: bazsalikom (hu)
• Hunsrik: Manschërikong m
• Irish: basal
• Italian: basilico (it) m
• Japanese: バジル (bajiru), バジリコ (bajiriko), 目箒 (めぼうき, mebouki)
• Korean: 바질 (bajil)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: ōcimum n
• Latvian: baziliks m
• Macedonian: босилок m (bosilok), босилек m (bosilek)
• Maltese: ħabaq
• Maori: pātira
• Marathi: तुळस f (tuLas)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: basilikum (no) m, basilik m

  Nynorsk: basilikum m

• Persian: ریحان (fa) (reyhân), شاهسپرم (fa) (šâhesparam)
• Polish: bazylia (pl) f
• Portuguese: manjericão (pt), alfavaca (pt) f, basílico (pt) m
• Romanian: busuioc (ro) m
• Russian: базили́к (ru) m (bazilík)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: affàbbica, brasìle

  Logudorese: basìle, affàbbica

• Sassarese: basìri
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: босиљак m

  Roman: bosiljak (sh) m

• Sicilian: basilicò (scn) m, bacilicò (scn)
• Slovak: bazalka (sk) f
• Slovene: bazilika (sl) f
• Spanish: albahaca (es) f
• Svan: შაშკვლავ (šašḳvlav)
• Swahili: mrehani
• Swedish: basilika (sv) c
• Tagalog: balanoy
• Thai: กะเพรา (th) (gà-prao)
• Turkish: fesleğen (tr)
• Udi: ираьгьаьн (irähän)
• Urdu: تلسی f (tulsī)
• Venetian: basegò m
• Welsh: brenhinllys m

herb

• Arabic: ريحان m (rayḥān), اَلْحَبَق m (al-ḥabaq)

  Egyptian Arabic: ريحان m (reḥaan)

  Hijazi Arabic: ريحان m (rēḥān)

  Moroccan Arabic: حبق m (ħbaq)

• Armenian: ռեհան (hy) (ṙehan)
• Asturian: albahaca f
• Azerbaijani: reyhan
• Basque: albaka
• Bulgarian: босилек (bg) (bosilek)
• Catalan: alfàbrega (ca) f, alfàbega (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 羅勒／罗勒 (lo⁴ lak⁶), 罗勒 (lo⁴ lak⁶)

  Mandarin: 羅勒／罗勒 (zh) (luólè), 罗勒 (zh) (luólè)

• Czech: bazalka (cs) f
• Danish: basilikum c
• Dutch: basilicum (nl) m, basilicumblaadjes n
• Esperanto: bazilio, ocimo
• Estonian: basiilik (et)
• Finnish: basilika (fi)
• French: basilic (fr) m
• Galician: alfábega (gl) f
• Georgian: რეჰანი (rehani)
• German: Basilikum (de) m
• Greek: βασιλικός (el) m (vasilikós)

  Ancient: ὤκιμον n (ṓkimon)

• Hebrew: בזיליקום (he), ריחן (he)
• Hindi: तुलसी (hi) f (tulsī)
• Hungarian: bazsalikom (hu)
• Hunsrik: Manschërikong m
• Irish: basal m
• Italian: basilico (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: バジル (bajiru)
• Korean: 바질 (bajil)
• Latin: ōcimum n
• Macedonian: босилок m (bosilok), босилек m (bosilek)
• Maltese: ħabaq
• Maori: pātira
• Marathi: तुळस f (tuLas)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: basilikum (no) m, basilik m

  Nynorsk: basilikum m

• Persian: ریحان (fa) (reyhân)
• Polish: bazylia (pl) f
• Portuguese: manjericão (pt) m, alfavaca (pt) f
• Romanian: busuioc (ro) m
• Russian: базили́к (ru) m (bazilík)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: affàbbica, brasìle

  Logudorese: basìle, affàbbica

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: босиљак m

  Roman: bosiljak (sh) m

• Sicilian: basilicò (scn) m
• Slovene: bazilika (sl) f
• Spanish: albahaca (es) f
• Swedish: basilika (sv) c
• Tagalog: balanoy
• Thai: กะเพรา (th) (gà-prao)
• Turkish: fesleğen (tr)
• Udi: ираьгьаьн (irähän)
• Urdu: تلسی‎ f (tulsī)
• Welsh: brenhinllys m, basil m

Further reading

• basil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ocimum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Ocimum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

Variant of bezel.

Noun

basil (plural basils)

1. The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away.

Verb

basil (third-person singular simple present basils, present participle basilling, simple past and past participle basilled)

1. (transitive) To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle.

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Synonyms

• bevel, sharpen

Etymology 3

Corrupted from English basan, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French basane, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin basanium, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic بِطانَة (biṭāna, “lining”).

Noun

basil (plural basils)

1. The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.

Synonyms

• basan, bazil

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “basil”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Bails, Blais, Salib, bails, labis

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Indonesian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch bacil

Noun

basil

1. bacillus