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5-letter words (6 found)

ALBAS,BAALS,BALAS,BALSA,BASAL,SABAL,

4-letter words (10 found)

AALS,ABAS,ALAS,ALBA,ALBS,BAAL,BAAS,BALS,LABS,SLAB,

3-letter words (14 found)

AAL,AAS,ABA,ABS,ALA,ALB,ALS,BAA,BAL,BAS,LAB,LAS,SAB,SAL,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AB,AL,AS,BA,LA,

You can make 36 words from basal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of basal

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Definitions and meaning of basal

basal

Etymology

From base +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): [ˈbeɪsəɫ]
  • (US, also) IPA(key): [ˈbeɪzəɫ]
  • Rhymes: -eɪsəl, -eɪzəl

Adjective

basal (comparative more basal, superlative most basal)

  1. Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.
  2. (anatomy) Associated with the base of an organism or structure.
  3. (medicine) Of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism.
  4. (chiefly systematics) In a phylogenetic tree, being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier. The earliest clade to branch in a larger clade.

Synonyms

  • basilar

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

basal (plural basals)

  1. base, bottom, minimum
  2. (anatomy) Any basal structure or part

Anagrams

  • Ba'als, Baals, Baʿals, LABAs, albas, baals, balas, balsa, blaas, laabs, sabal

Afar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَصَل (baṣal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbasal/, [ˈbʌsʌl]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧sal

Noun

básal m (singulative basáltu m)

  1. (collective) onions

Declension

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “basal”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

basal (feminine basale, masculine plural basaux, feminine plural basales)

  1. basal

Descendants

  • → Romanian: bazal
  • → Turkish: bazal

Further reading

  • “basal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

basal (strong nominative masculine singular basaler, comparative basaler, superlative am basalsten)

  1. basal

Declension

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbasal]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧sal

Etymology 1

From Dutch basalt, from French basalte, from Middle French basalte, from Late Latin basaltes, a misspelling of Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης (basanítēs), from βάσανος (básanos, “touchstone”), from Egyptian bḫn (“a hard stone”).

Noun

basal (first-person possessive basalku, second-person possessive basalmu, third-person possessive basalnya)

  1. (geology) basalt: a hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
Alternative forms
  • basalt (Standard Malay)

Etymology 2

From Malay basal (“dropsy”), from Arabic بَصَل (baṣal, “onion, bulb”).

Noun

basal (first-person possessive basalku, second-person possessive basalmu, third-person possessive basalnya)

  1. dropsy, edema
    Synonym: edema

Etymology 3

From Dutch basaal, from English basal.

Adjective

basal

  1. basal:
    1. basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.
      Synonym: dasar
    2. (anatomy, histology) associated with the base of an organism or structure.
    3. (medicine) of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism.

Further reading

  • “basal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic بَصَل (baṣal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.sal/
  • Rhymes: -asal

Noun

basal m (collective, singulative basla, paucal basliet)

  1. onion (as a mass or species); several onions
  2. bulbs

Derived terms

Maranao

Verb

basal

  1. to beat, to knock

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: ba‧sal

Adjective

basal m or f (plural basais, not comparable)

  1. basal

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈsal/ [baˈsal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ba‧sal

Adjective

basal m or f (masculine and feminine plural basales)

  1. basal

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “basal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بصل (basal), from Arabic بَصَل (baṣal, “onion”).

Noun

basal (definite accusative basali, plural basaller)

  1. onion (Allium cepa)
    Synonym: soğan
  2. (botany) bulbous root

Further reading

  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “basal1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 474

Source: wiktionary.org