basis

See also: Basis

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis, derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (English come).

Pronunciation

• enPR: bāʹsĭs, IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪsɪs/,

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪsɪs

Noun

basis (plural bases or (rare) baseis)

1. A physical base or foundation.
   • 1695, William Congreve, To the King, on the taking of Namur, 1810, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers (biographies), The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 10, page 271,

     Beholding rocks from their firm basis rent;
     Mountain on mountain thrown,
     With threatening hurl, that shook th' aerial firmament!

2. A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

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     I wonder if the South Korean side has any basis that its smog is from China.

3. An underlying condition or circumstance.
   • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban (in The Guardian, 6 September 2013)[1]

     Hodgson may now have to bring in James Milner on the left and, on that basis, a certain amount of gloss was taken off a night on which Welbeck scored twice but barely celebrated either before leaving the pitch angrily complaining to the Slovakian referee.

4. A regular frequency.

   You should brush your teeth on a daily basis at minimum.

   The flights to Fiji leave on a weekly basis.

   Cars must be checked on a yearly basis.

5. (linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
6. (accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
7. (topology) A collection of subsets ("basis elements") of a set, such that this collection covers the set, and for any two basis elements which both contain an element of the set, there is a third basis element contained in the intersection of the first two, which also contains that element.

   The collection of all possible unions of basis elements of a basis is said to be the topology generated by that basis.

Synonyms

• (starting point for discussion): base

Derived terms

Derived terms

• basic
• basis point
• cost basis
• eigenbasis

• fare basis
• Fourier basis
• Hamel basis
• Schauder basis
• tax basis

Translations

physical foundation

• Latin: fundāmen n
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Translations

starting point for an argument

• Bulgarian: изходен пункт (izhoden punkt)
• Dutch: basis (nl) f
• Finnish: lähtökohta (fi), perusta (fi)
• French: base (fr) f
• German: Basis (de) f, Grundlage (de) f
• Greek: βάση (el) f (vási)
• Hungarian: alap (hu)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: base (it) f
• Japanese: 根拠 (ja) (こんきょ, konkyo)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 바탕 (ko) (batang)
• Polish: podstawa (pl) f
• Portuguese: base (pt) f, fundamento (pt) m
• Romanian: bază (ro) f
• Russian: осно́ва (ru) f (osnóva), основа́ние (ru) n (osnovánije), фунда́мент (ru) m (fundáment)
• Spanish: base (es) f, fundamento (es) m
• Swedish: grund (sv) c, basis (sv) c
• Tagalog: batayan
• Ukrainian: осно́ва (osnóva)

underlying condition

• Arabic: قَاعِدَة f (qāʕida), أَسَاس (ar) m (ʔasās)
• Bulgarian: база (bg) (baza), основа (bg) (osnova)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基礎／基础 (zh) (jīchǔ), 基础 (zh) (jīchǔ)

• Dutch: basis (nl) f
• Finnish: perusta (fi)
• French: base (fr) f
• German: Basis (de) f, Grundlage (de) f
• Hungarian: alap (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: base (it) f
• Japanese: 基礎 (ja) (きそ, kiso)
• Korean: 밑바탕 (mitbatang), 기초 (ko) (gicho)
• Portuguese: fundamento (pt) m
• Romanian: bază (ro) f
• Russian: ба́за (ru) f (báza), осно́ва (ru) (osnóva), ба́зис (ru) m (bázis)
• Spanish: base (es) f, fundamento (es) m
• Tagalog: batayan
• Ukrainian: ба́за (uk) (báza), баз́ис (uk) (baźys), осно́ва (osnóva)
• Vietnamese: cơ sở (vi)

linearly independent, spanning set of vectors

• Armenian: բազիս (hy) (bazis)
• Danish: basis c
• Dutch: basis (nl) f
• Estonian: baas (et)
• Finnish: kanta (fi)
• French: base (fr) f
• German: Basis (de) f
• Hungarian: bázis (hu)
• Italian: base (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 基底 (ja) (kitei)
• Portuguese: base (pt) f
• Romanian: bază (ro) f
• Russian: ба́зис (ru) m (bázis)
• Spanish: base (es) f
• Swedish: bas (sv) c
• Turkish: temel (tr), taban (tr)
• Ukrainian: баз́ис (uk) (baźys)

amount paid for an investment

• Finnish: hankintameno (fi)
• Italian: cifra (it) f, ammontare (it) m, cifra base, ammontare base
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 밑천 (mitcheon)

collection of subsets

• Finnish: kanta (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} დედაბოძი (dedaboʒi), ^{(please verify)} ბაზისი (bazisi)
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} base
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• (deprecated template usage) Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ప్రాతిపదిక (te) (prātipadika)

Anagrams

• absis, bassi, isbas

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Catalan

Verb

basis

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Danish

Noun

basis

1. (linear algebra) basis

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Dutch

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) Borrowed from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.zəs/, /ˈbaː.zɪs/

• audio:

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• Hyphenation: ba‧sis

Noun

basis f (plural basissen or bases, diminutive basisje n)

1. basis (principle, foundation, that which is elementary)
2. base (lower portion, foundation)
3. Obsolete form of base (“base, alkali”).

Derived terms

• basisarts
• basisbeurs
• basisdemocratie
• basisinkomen
• basisonderwijs
• basisschool
• machtsbasis
• thuisbasis

Related terms

• basaal
• base

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑsis/, [ˈbɑ̝s̠is̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑsis
• Syllabification^(key): ba‧sis

Noun

basis

1. basis, base

Declension

Inflection of basis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		basis	basikset
genitive		basiksen	basisten basiksien
partitive		basista	basiksia
illative		basikseen	basiksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		basis	basikset
accusative	nom.	basis	basikset
	gen.	basiksen
genitive		basiksen	basisten basiksien
partitive		basista	basiksia
inessive		basiksessa	basiksissa
elative		basiksesta	basiksista
illative		basikseen	basiksiin
adessive		basiksella	basiksilla
ablative		basikselta	basiksilta
allative		basikselle	basiksille
essive		basiksena	basiksina
translative		basikseksi	basiksiksi
abessive		basiksetta	basiksitta
instructive		—	basiksin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of basis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative basikseni basikseni accusative nom. basikseni basikseni gen. basikseni genitive basikseni basisteni basiksieni partitive basistani basiksiani inessive basiksessani basiksissani elative basiksestani basiksistani illative basikseeni basiksiini adessive basiksellani basiksillani ablative basikseltani basiksiltani allative basikselleni basiksilleni essive basiksenani basiksinani translative basiksekseni basiksikseni abessive basiksettani basiksittani instructive — — comitative — basiksineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative basiksesi basiksesi accusative nom. basiksesi basiksesi gen. basiksesi genitive basiksesi basistesi basiksiesi partitive basistasi basiksiasi inessive basiksessasi basiksissasi elative basiksestasi basiksistasi illative basikseesi basiksiisi adessive basiksellasi basiksillasi ablative basikseltasi basiksiltasi allative basiksellesi basiksillesi essive basiksenasi basiksinasi translative basikseksesi basiksiksesi abessive basiksettasi basiksittasi instructive — — comitative — basiksinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative basiksemme basiksemme accusative nom. basiksemme basiksemme gen. basiksemme genitive basiksemme basistemme basiksiemme partitive basistamme basiksiamme inessive basiksessamme basiksissamme elative basiksestamme basiksistamme illative basikseemme basiksiimme adessive basiksellamme basiksillamme ablative basikseltamme basiksiltamme allative basiksellemme basiksillemme essive basiksenamme basiksinamme translative basikseksemme basiksiksemme abessive basiksettamme basiksittamme instructive — — comitative — basiksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative basiksenne basiksenne accusative nom. basiksenne basiksenne gen. basiksenne genitive basiksenne basistenne basiksienne partitive basistanne basiksianne inessive basiksessanne basiksissanne elative basiksestanne basiksistanne illative basikseenne basiksiinne adessive basiksellanne basiksillanne ablative basikseltanne basiksiltanne allative basiksellenne basiksillenne essive basiksenanne basiksinanne translative basikseksenne basiksiksenne abessive basiksettanne basiksittanne instructive — — comitative — basiksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative basiksensa basiksensa accusative nom. basiksensa basiksensa gen. basiksensa genitive basiksensa basistensa basiksiensa partitive basistaan basistansa basiksiaan basiksiansa inessive basiksessaan basiksessansa basiksissaan basiksissansa elative basiksestaan basiksestansa basiksistaan basiksistansa illative basikseensa basiksiinsa adessive basiksellaan basiksellansa basiksillaan basiksillansa ablative basikseltaan basikseltansa basiksiltaan basiksiltansa allative basikselleen basiksellensa basiksilleen basiksillensa essive basiksenaan basiksenansa basiksinaan basiksinansa translative basiksekseen basikseksensa basiksikseen basiksiksensa abessive basiksettaan basiksettansa basiksittaan basiksittansa instructive — — comitative — basiksineen basiksinensa

Anagrams

• bassi

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Latin

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From .

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈba.sis/, [ˈbäs̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.sis/, [ˈbäːs̬is]

Noun

basis f (genitive basis); third declension

1. A pedestal, foot, base; basis, foundation.
2. (architecture) The lowest part of the shaft of a column.
3. (grammar) The primitive word, root.
4. (of cattle) A track, footprint.

Declension

Note that there are the alternative forms baseōs for the genitive singular, baseī for the ablative singular, basin for accusative singular, and baseis for the accusative plural. Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -ī).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	basis	basēs
Genitive	basis	basium
Dative	basī	basibus
Accusative	basim	basēs basīs
Ablative	basī	basibus
Vocative	basis	basēs

Synonyms

• (basis, foundation): rādīx
• (pedestal, base): crepīdō
• (track, footprint): vestīgium

Derived terms

• basella
• basicula
• basilāris

Related terms

• antibasis

Descendants

• English: base, basis
• French: base
• German: Basis f
• Italian: base
• Russian: ба́за f (báza), ба́зис m (bázis)
• Spanish: base
• Swedish: bas

References

• “basis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “basis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• basis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάσις (básis)

Noun

basis m (definite singular basisen, indefinite plural basiser, definite plural basisene)

1. basis
2. base

Derived terms

• basisår
• verdensbasis

References

• “basis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάσις (básis)

Noun

basis m (definite singular basisen, indefinite plural basisar, definite plural basisane)

1. basis
2. base

Derived terms

• basisår

References

• “basis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.