basilar

English

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Etymology

Borrowing from New Latin basilāris, irregularly from basis (a pedestal, foot, base) + -āris (-ar, -ary, adjectival suffix); or from French basilaire, from base (base, basis) + -aire (-ar, -ary, adjectival suffix), in the pattern of cimbalaire (cymbal-shaped).

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Adjective

basilar (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy, relational) Of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or an organ of Corti.
  2. Lower, inferior, base.
    • 1883, Henry Ward Beecher, “What is the Bible?”, in Plymouth Pulpit: A Weekly Publication of Sermons Preached by Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church Brooklyn, volume 6, number 17, page 343:
      [] that which he has in common with the lion, the cow and the horse—namely, the basilar instincts and appetites that in the animal creation constitute the whole.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French basilaire.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.ziˈlaʁ/ [ba.ziˈlah]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ba.ziˈlaɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ba.ziˈlaʁ/ [ba.ziˈlaχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.ziˈlaɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ.ziˈlaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ.ziˈla.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: ba‧si‧lar

Adjective

basilar m or f (plural basilares, comparable)

  1. basic
    Synonyms: básico, basal

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /basiˈlaɾ/ [ba.siˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ba‧si‧lar

Adjective

basilar m or f (masculine and feminine plural basilares)

  1. basilar

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