basilar

English

Alternative forms

• basilary

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)

1. (anatomy, relational) Of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or an organ of Corti.
2. 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^[1], 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

• basal

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

of, pertaining to, or located at a base

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基底的 (zh) (jīdǐ de)

• Spanish: basilar (es)

References

• “basilar”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “basilar”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French basilaire.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.ziˈlaʁ/ [ba.ziˈlah]

• (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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ziˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ziˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ba‧si‧lar

Adjective

basilar m or f (plural basilares, comparable)

1. basic

   Synonyms: básico, basal

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basiˈlaɾ/ [ba.siˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ba‧si‧lar

Adjective

basilar m or f (masculine and feminine plural basilares)

1. basilar

Related terms

• base

 

Further reading

• “basilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10