basilisk

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From Middle English basilicke, borrowed from Old French basilique, from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos, literally “minor king or chieftain”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”), possibly based on descriptions or rare encounters with different types of cobra which have crown-like patterns on their head; the 'deadly gaze' may have been from the spitting cobra's ability to spit venom into the eyes of predators or prey from a distance. The infohazard sense is a figurative reference to the deadly gaze of the mythical creature. Displaced native Old English fāgwyrm.

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بَاسِلِيق (bāsilīq) — snake-like dragon type
• Arabic: باسيليق (bāsīlīq) — snake-like dragon type
• Asturian: basiliscu — snake-like dragon type
• Belarusian: васілі́ск (vasilísk) — snake-like dragon type
• Bulgarian: базилиск (bazilisk) — snake-like dragon type
• Catalan: basilisc — snake-like dragon type
• Chinese Mandarin: 巴西利斯克 (bāxīlìsīkè) — snake-like dragon type
• Chinese Mandarin: 蛇尾雞 /蛇尾鸡 (shéwěijī) — snake-like dragon type
• Chinese Mandarin: 蛇怪 (shéguài) — snake-like dragon type
• Czech: bazilišek — snake-like dragon type
• Dutch: basilisk — snake-like dragon type
• Dutch: koningshagedis — snake-like dragon type
• Esperanto: bazilisko — snake-like dragon type
• Finnish: basiliski — snake-like dragon type
• French: basilic — snake-like dragon type
• Galician: basilisco — snake-like dragon type
• German: Basilisk — snake-like dragon type
• Greek: βασιλίσκος (vasilískos) — snake-like dragon type
• Greek: δράκων (drákon) — snake-like dragon type
• Ancient Greek: βασιλίσκος (basilískos) — snake-like dragon type
• Hungarian: baziliszkusz — snake-like dragon type
• Irish: baisileasc — snake-like dragon type
• Italian: basilisco — snake-like dragon type
• Japanese: バシリスク (bashirisuku) — snake-like dragon type
• Korean: 바실리스크 (basilliseukeu) — snake-like dragon type
• Latin: rēgulus — snake-like dragon type
• Latin: basiliscus — snake-like dragon type
• Lithuanian: baziliskas — snake-like dragon type
• Malay: basilisk — snake-like dragon type
• Middle English: basilicke — snake-like dragon type
• Middle English: basilicok — snake-like dragon type
• Middle English: cocatrice — snake-like dragon type
• Norwegian: basilisk — snake-like dragon type
• Persian: شاهمار (šâhmâr) — snake-like dragon type
• Polish: bazyliszek — snake-like dragon type
• Portuguese: basilisco — snake-like dragon type
• Romanian: vasilisc — snake-like dragon type
• Russian: васили́ск (vasilísk) — snake-like dragon type
• Slovak: bazilišok — snake-like dragon type
• Slovene: bazilisk — snake-like dragon type
• Upper Sorbian: bazilisk — snake-like dragon type
• Spanish: basilisco — snake-like dragon type
• Swedish: basilisk — snake-like dragon type
• Tagalog: basilisko — snake-like dragon type
• Turkish: basilisk — snake-like dragon type
• Ukrainian: василі́ск (vasylísk) — snake-like dragon type
• Welsh: basilisg — snake-like dragon type
• Welsh: brenhinsarff — snake-like dragon type
• Arabic: بَازِيلِيسْق (bāzīlīsq) — type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
• Belarusian: васілі́ск (vasilísk) — type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
• Catalan: basilisc — type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
• Czech: bazilišek — type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
• Dutch: basilisk — type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
• Esperanto: bazilisko — type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
• Finnish: basiliski — type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
• French: basilic — type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
• Galician: basilisco — type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
• Greek: βασιλίσκος (vasilískos) — type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
• Italian: basilisco — type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
• Polish: bazyliszek — type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
• Portuguese: basilisco — type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
• Russian: васили́ск (vasilísk) — type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
• Spanish: basilisco — type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
• Swedish: basilisk — type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
• Ukrainian: василі́ск (vasylísk) — type of lizard (genus Basiliscus)
• Catalan: basilisc — type of large brass cannon
• French: basilic — type of large brass cannon
• Galician: basilisco — type of large brass cannon
• Italian: basilisco — type of large brass cannon
• Portuguese: basilisco — type of large brass cannon
• Russian: васили́ск (vasilísk) — type of large brass cannon
• Spanish: basilisco — type of large brass cannon