Basil

See also: basil and BASIL

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæz.əl/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -æzəl

Proper noun

Basil

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, in quiet but steady use in the UK.
   • 1866, Eliza Tabor Stephenson, Hester's Sacrifice, volume II, Hust and Blackett, page 28:

     "Nonsense. I'm sure he can't have grey hair with such a pretty name as that. Basil Brooke, Basil Brooke," and May chanted the name over and over in her girlish, musical voice. "It sounds like all sorts of pleasant pictures. - -

Related terms

• Diminutives: Baz, Bazza

Translations

male given name

• Albanian: Vasíli m, Vasilíu m, Vaséli m, Bazíli m, Bazilíu m
• Arabic: فاسيلي
• Armenian: Բարսեղ (Barseġ), Վասիլ (Vasil)
• Asturian: Basiliu (ast) m
• Belarusian: Васі́ль m (Vasílʹ)
• Bulgarian: Василий m (Vasilij), Васи́л m (Vasíl)
• Catalan: Basili m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴茲爾 / 巴兹尔 (Bāzī'ěr), 巴西爾 / 巴西尔 (Bāxī'ěr)

• Chuvash: Ваҫлей (Vaślej)
• Czech: Vasil (cs) m
• Finnish: Pasi (fi)
• French: Basile (fr) m
• Galician: Basilio (gl) m
• Georgian: ვასილ (vasil)
• German: Basilius (de) m
• Greek: Βασίλειος (el) m (Vasíleios)
• Hebrew: וסילי m
• Hungarian: Bazil (hu), Vazul (hu), Vászoly (hu)
• Italian: Basilio (it) m
• Japanese: バジル (ja) (Bajiru)
• Kazakh: Бәзіл (Bäzil)
• Korean: 바실리 (basilli)
• Latin: Basilius
• Latvian: Basilijs m
• Macedonian: Васил m (Vasil)
• Occitan: Basili m, Bausilha m
• Polish: Bazyli (pl) m
• Portuguese: Basílio (pt) m
• Romanian: Vasile (ro) m
• Russian: Васи́лий (ru) m (Vasílij) (cognate), Бэ́зил m (Bɛ́zil) (transliteration)
• Serbo-Croatian: Bazilije m, Bosiljko m, Василије m, Босиљко m
• Sicilian: Vasili m
• Slovak: Vasil m
• Slovene: Bazilij m
• Spanish: Basilio (es) m
• Ukrainian: Васи́ль m (Vasýlʹ) (cognate)
• Yiddish: וואַסילי (vasili)

Anagrams

• sabil, Sibal, Blais, Salib, Bails, labis, Balis, Blasi, bails