Feminine

basis

Meaning

  1. (declension-3, feminine) a pedestal, foot, base
  2. (declension-3, feminine, figuratively) a pedestal, foot, base
  3. (declension-3, feminine) the base of a triangle, chord of an arc
  4. (declension-3, feminine) the lowest part of the shaft of a column
  5. (declension-3, feminine) a primitive word, root
  6. (declension-3, feminine) a track, footprint (of cattle)

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈba.sɪs]
Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs, “stepping, step; foot; base, pedestal”).

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