basilar
English
Alternative forms
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”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbas.ɪl.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbæz.əl.ɚ/, /ˈbæs.əl.ɚ/, /ˈbeɪ.zəl.ɚ/, /ˈbeɪ.səl.ɚ/
- Rhymes: -æsɪlə(ɹ), -æzɪlə(ɹ)
Adjective
basilar (not comparable)
- (anatomy, relational) Of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or an organ of Corti.
- 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.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- basilar artery
- basilar crest
- basilar groove
- basilar index
- basilar lamina
- basilar membrane
- basilar meningitis
- bibasilar
- cervicobasilar
- parietobasilar
- petrobasilar
- pharyngobasilar
- suprabasilar
- tribasilar
- ventrobasilar
- vertebrobasilar
- vomerobasilar
Translations
References
- “basilar”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “basilar”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Portuguese
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
References
- “basilar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “basilar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /basiˈlaɾ/ [ba.siˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ba‧si‧lar
Related terms
Further reading
- “basilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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