Meaning

7 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A plant (Ocimum basilicum).

    Basilikum

    базили́кbazilík

  2. (uncountable, usually)The leaves of this plant used as a herb.

    Basilikum

    базили́кbazilík

    leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried

  3. (uncountable, usually)Any other species in the genus Ocimum.

    any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum

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

  5. The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.

  6. (obsolete)A type of cannon.

  7. (archaic, historical)A fetter fastened round the ankle of a prisoner.

Examples

19 sentences
  1. I like to add basil to season my spaghetti sauce.

    deIch würze meine Spaghettisauce gerne mit Basilikum. — cost

  2. Basil, sage, rosemary, thyme and oregano are popular herbs.

    Базилік, шалфей, розмарин, чебрець і материнка — популярні травяні приправи. — deniko

    deBasilikum, Salbei, Rosmarin, Thymian und Oregano sind beliebte Küchenkräuter. — BraveSentry

  3. Put some basil on the pizza.

    deBestreue die Pizza mit Basilikum. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. At the end add some basil.

    ruВ конце добавьте базилик. — marafon

    deZum Ende fügen Sie Basilikum hinzu. — Ioan_Cristian

  5. Would you like basil on your spaghetti?

    ruТебе базилика в спагетти добавить? — marafon

Translations

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English basile, from Middle French basile, from Old French basile, f

Inherited from Middle English basile, from Middle French basile, from Old French basile, from Medieval Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón, “royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”). Doublet of basilic, basilicon, and basilicum; further related to basileus, basilean, and basileiolatry.

Variant of bezel.

Corrupted from English basan, from French basane, from Late Latin basanium, from Arabic بِطانَة (biṭāna, “lining”).

From Old French basile (“basilisk”).

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Forms

plural: basils
Singularbasil

uncountable

Synonyms

11 synonyms
sweet basilbazilSt. Joseph's wortcommon basilAmerican dittanygreat basilbasan
Close in meaning
  • leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried:sweet basil
  • (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379):St. BasilBasil of CaesareaBasil the GreatSt. Basil the Great

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
basil — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto