"basic" in seven languages
Meaningbasic
Spanish
básico
/ˈbasiko/
learned
French
de base
/də baz/
learned
Basique exists, but de base is the everyday choice.
Italian
di base
/di ˈbaze/
learned
Also basilare or fondamentale.
Portuguese
básico
/ˈbaziku/
learned
Romanian
de bază
/de ˈbazə/
learned
Bazic exists but is a chemistry term ('alkaline').
Catalan
bàsic
/ˈbazik/
learned
English
basic
/ˈbeɪsɪk/
from Latin/French · base (Old French, from Latin BASIS) + -ic
English → Italianbasicdi baseCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
BASIM (nom. BASIS)‘foundation, pedestal (from Greek básis 'step')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Spanish has an adjective like English basic; French and Italian prefer 'of base' (de base, di base).
English relatives: base, basis, basement
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In a sentence
- esEmpieza por las palabras básicas.
- frCommence par les mots de base.
- itComincia dalle parole di base.
- ptComece pelas palavras básicas.
- roÎncepe cu cuvintele de bază.
- caComença per les paraules bàsiques.
- enStart with the basic words.
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