basil

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• /ˈbæz.əl/
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Name of several early saints, particularly in the Orthodox Church, from Latin Basilius, from Ancient Greek Βασίλειος (Basíleios). Doublet of Vasilios and Vasily.

Inherited from Middle English basile, from Middle French basile, from Old French basile, from Medieval Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón, “royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”). Doublet of basilic, basilicon, and basilicum; further related to basileus, basilean, and basileiolatry.

Variant of bezel.

Corrupted from English basan, from French basane, from Late Latin basanium, from Arabic بِطانَة (biṭāna, “lining”).

From Old French basile (“basilisk”).

240 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Vasíli — male given name
• Albanian: Vasilíu — male given name
• Albanian: Vaséli — male given name
• Albanian: Bazíli — male given name
• Albanian: Bazilíu — male given name
• Arabic: فاسيلي — male given name
• Armenian: Բարսեղ (Barseġ) — male given name
• Armenian: Վասիլ (Vasil) — male given name
• Asturian: Basiliu — male given name
• Belarusian: Васі́ль (Vasílʹ) — male given name
• Bulgarian: Василий (Vasilij) — male given name
• Bulgarian: Васи́л (Vasíl) — male given name
• Catalan: Basili — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 巴茲爾 /巴兹尔 (Bāzī'ěr) — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 巴西爾 /巴西尔 (Bāxī'ěr) — male given name
• Chuvash: Ваҫлей (Vaślej) — male given name
• Czech: Vasil — male given name
• Finnish: Pasi — male given name
• French: Basile — male given name
• Galician: Basilio — male given name
• Georgian: ვასილ (vasil) — male given name
• German: Basilius — male given name
• Greek: Βασίλειος (Vasíleios) — male given name
• Hebrew: וסילי — male given name
• Hungarian: Bazil — male given name
• Hungarian: Vazul — male given name
• Hungarian: Vászoly — male given name
• Italian: Basilio — male given name
• Japanese: バジル (Bajiru) — male given name
• Kazakh: Бәзіл (Bäzıl) — male given name
• Korean: 바실리 (basilli) — male given name
• Latin: Basilius — male given name
• Latvian: Basilijs — male given name
• Macedonian: Васил (Vasil) — male given name
• Occitan: Basili — male given name
• Occitan: Bausilha — male given name
• Polish: Bazyli — male given name
• Portuguese: Basílio — male given name
• Romanian: Vasile — male given name
• Russian: Васи́лий (Vasílij) — male given name
• Russian: Бэ́зил (Bɛ́zil) — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Bazilije — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Bosiljko — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Василије — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Босиљко — male given name
• Sicilian: Vasili — male given name
• Slovak: Vasil — male given name
• Slovene: Bazilij — male given name
• Spanish: Basilio — male given name
• Ukrainian: Васи́ль (Vasýlʹ) — male given name
• Yiddish: וואַסילי (vasili) — male given name
• Albanian: borzilok — plant
• Arabic: رَيْحَان (rayḥān) — plant
• Arabic: حَبَق (ḥabaq) — plant
• Arabic: ريحان (rayḥān) — plant
• Arabic: ريحان (rēḥān) — plant
• Arabic: حبق (ḥbaq) — plant
• Armenian: ռեհան (ṙehan) — plant
• Asturian: albahaca — plant
• Azerbaijani: reyhan — plant
• Basque: albaka — plant
• Bulgarian: босилек (bosilek) — plant
• Burmese: ပင်စိမ်းမွှေး (pangcim:hmwe:) — plant
• Burmese: ပင်စိမ်း (pangcim:) — plant
• Catalan: alfàbrega — plant
• Catalan: alfàbega — plant
• Chinese Cantonese: 羅勒 /罗勒 — plant
• Chinese Mandarin: 羅勒 /罗勒 (luólè) — plant
• Czech: bazalka — plant
• Danish: basilikum — plant
• Dutch: basilicum — plant
• Dutch: bazielkruid — plant
• Dutch: koningskruid — plant
• Dutch: basiliekruid — plant
• Esperanto: bazilio — plant
• Esperanto: ocimo — plant
• Estonian: basiilik — plant
• Finnish: basilika — plant
• French: basilic — plant
• Galician: alfábega — plant
• Galician: monforadiña — plant
• Gallurese: basgiricò — plant
• Georgian: რეჰანი (rehani) — plant
• Georgian: შაშკვლავი (šašḳvlavi) — plant
• German: Basilikum — plant
• Greek: βασιλικός (vasilikós) — plant
• Ancient Greek: ὤκιμον (ṓkimon) — plant
• Hebrew: רֵיחָן (rēḥán) — plant
• Hebrew: בָּזִילִיקוּם (bazíliqum) — plant
• Hindi: मीठा तुलसी (mīṭhā tulsī) — plant
• Hungarian: bazsalikom — plant
• Hunsrik: Manschërikong — plant
• Icelandic: basilíka — plant
• Irish: basal — plant
• Italian: basilico — plant
• Japanese: バジル (bajiru) — plant
• Japanese: バジリコ (bajiriko) — plant
• Japanese: 目箒 (mebōki) — plant
• Korean: 바질 (bajil) — plant
• Central Kurdish: ڕێحانە (rêḧane) — plant
• Ladino: alhavaka — plant
• Ladino: bazíliko — plant
• Ladino: aljavaka — plant
• Latin: basilicum — plant
• Latin: ōcimum — plant
• Latvian: baziliks — plant
• Lithuanian: bazilikas — plant
• Macedonian: босилок (bosilok) — plant
• Macedonian: босилек (bosilek) — plant
• Malay: selasih — plant
• Maltese: ħabaq — plant
• Māori: pātira — plant
• Marathi: तुळस (tuḷas) — plant
• Neapolitan: vasinicola — plant
• Norwegian Bokmål: basilikum — plant
• Norwegian Bokmål: basilik — plant
• Norwegian Nynorsk: basilikum — plant
• Old English: eorþmistel — plant
• Persian: ریحان (reyhân) — plant
• Persian: شاهسپرم (šâhesparam) — plant
• Polish: bazylia — plant
• Portuguese: manjericão — plant
• Portuguese: alfavaca — plant
• Portuguese: basílico — plant
• Romanian: busuioc — plant
• Russian: базили́к (bazilík) — plant
• Campidanese Sardinian: affàbbica — plant
• Campidanese Sardinian: brasìle — plant
• Sardinian: basìle — plant
• Sardinian: affàbbica — plant
• Sassarese: basìri — plant
• Serbo-Croatian: босиљак — plant
• Serbo-Croatian: bosiljak — plant
• Sicilian: basilicò — plant
• Sicilian: bacilicò — plant
• Slovak: bazalka — plant
• Slovene: bazilika — plant
• Spanish: albahaca — plant
• Svan: შაშკვლავ (šašḳvlav) — plant
• Swahili: mrehani — plant
• Swedish: basilika — plant
• Tagalog: albahaka — plant
• Tagalog: balanoy — plant
• Tagalog: solasi — plant
• Telugu: తులసి (tulasi) — plant
• Ternate: sulasi — plant
• Thai: กะเพรา (gà-prao) — plant
• Turkish: fesleğen — plant
• Turkish: reyhan — plant
• Ottoman Turkish: فسلكن (fesleğen) — plant
• Ottoman Turkish: ریحان (reyhan) — plant
• Udi: ираьгьаьн (irähän) — plant
• Urdu: تلسی (tulsī) — plant
• Venetan: basegò — plant
• Vietnamese: húng tây — plant
• Welsh: brenhinllys — plant
• Afrikaans: basiliekruid — herb
• Arabic: رَيْحَان (rayḥān) — herb
• Arabic: حَبَق (ḥabaq) — herb
• Arabic: ريحان (rēḥān) — herb
• Arabic: ريحان (rēḥān) — herb
• Arabic: حبق (ḥbaq) — herb
• Armenian: ռեհան (ṙehan) — herb
• Asturian: albahaca — herb
• Azerbaijani: reyhan — herb
• Basque: albaka — herb
• Bengali: সাদা তুলসী (śada tulośi) — herb
• Bengali: বাবুই তুলসী (babui tulośi) — herb
• Bengali: দুলাল তুলসী (dulal tulośi) — herb
• Bengali: গুলাল (gulal) — herb
• Bulgarian: босилек (bosilek) — herb
• Catalan: alfàbrega — herb
• Catalan: alfàbega — herb
• Chinese Cantonese: 羅勒 /罗勒 — herb
• Chinese Mandarin: 羅勒 /罗勒 (luólè) — herb
• Czech: bazalka — herb
• Danish: basilikum — herb
• Dutch: basilicum — herb
• Dutch: basilicumblaadjes — herb
• Esperanto: bazilio — herb
• Esperanto: ocimo — herb
• Estonian: basiilik — herb
• Finnish: basilika — herb
• French: basilic — herb
• Galician: alfábega — herb
• Georgian: რეჰანი (rehani) — herb
• German: Basilikum — herb
• Greek: βασιλικός (vasilikós) — herb
• Ancient Greek: ὤκιμον (ṓkimon) — herb
• Hebrew: בזיליקום — herb
• Hebrew: ריחן — herb
• Hindi: मीठा तुलसी (mīṭhā tulsī) — herb
• Hungarian: bazsalikom — herb
• Hunsrik: Manschërikong — herb
• Irish: basal — herb
• Italian: basilico — herb
• Japanese: バジル (bajiru) — herb
• Korean: 바질 (bajil) — herb
• Ladino: aljavaka — herb
• Latin: ōcimum — herb
• Macedonian: босилок (bosilok) — herb
• Macedonian: босилек (bosilek) — herb
• Maltese: ħabaq — herb
• Māori: pātira — herb
• Marathi: तुळस (tuḷas) — herb
• Neapolitan: vasinicola — herb
• Norwegian Bokmål: basilikum — herb
• Norwegian Bokmål: basilik — herb
• Norwegian Nynorsk: basilikum — herb
• Persian: ریحان (reyhân) — herb
• Polish: bazylia — herb
• Portuguese: manjericão — herb
• Portuguese: alfavaca — herb
• Punjabi: ਤੁਲਸੀ (tulasī) — herb
• Punjabi: ਨਿਆਜ਼ਬੋ (niāzabo) — herb
• Romanian: busuioc — herb
• Russian: базили́к (bazilík) — herb
• Campidanese Sardinian: affàbbica — herb
• Campidanese Sardinian: brasìle — herb
• Sardinian: basìle — herb
• Sardinian: affàbbica — herb
• Serbo-Croatian: босиљак — herb
• Serbo-Croatian: bosiljak — herb
• Sicilian: basilicò — herb
• Slovene: bazilika — herb
• Spanish: albahaca — herb
• Swedish: basilika — herb
• Tagalog: albahaka — herb
• Tagalog: balanoy — herb
• Tagalog: solasi — herb
• Thai: กะเพรา (gà-prao) — herb
• Turkish: fesleğen — herb
• Turkish: reyhan — herb
• Ottoman Turkish: فسلكن (fesleğen) — herb
• Ottoman Turkish: ریحان (reyhan) — herb
• Udi: ираьгьаьн (irähän) — herb
• Urdu: تلسی (tulsī) — herb
• Welsh: brenhinllys — herb
• Welsh: basil — herb
• Finnish: basilika — plant of the genus Ocimum