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basic form

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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noun

Meaning 1

The uninflected form of a word used as a dictionary entry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: base form, canonical form, citation form, dictionary form, headword, lemma

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لِيمَّا (līmmā) — the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
  • Azerbaijani: başlanğıc forma — the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
  • Danish: grundform — the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
  • Finnish: perusmuoto — the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
  • Hungarian: szótári alak — the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
  • Japanese: 基本形 (kihonkei) — the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grunnform — the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grunnform — the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
  • Persian: بنواژه (bon-vâže) — the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
  • Polish: forma słownikowa — the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
  • Polish: lemma — the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
  • Polish: lemmat — the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
  • Polish: hasło — the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
  • Russian: начальная форма слова (načalʹnaja forma slova) — the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
  • Russian: лемма (lemma) — the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
  • Swedish: uppslagsord — the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
  • Swedish: grundform — the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry