Basil

//ˈbæz.əl//

Synonyms for "basil" (24 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Strong matches (7)

Verb(1 words)
bevel

Related words (12)

Verb(1 words)
sharpen

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

2 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

2 entries

dbpedia genus

1 entries

derived

15 entries

etymologically related_to

2 entries

is a

4 entries

part of

1 entries

receives action

1 entries

related to

11 entries

used for

1 entries

Translations

239 translations across 83 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • basiliekruid noun (herb)

Albanian

4 entries
  • Bazilíu name (male given name)
  • Bazíli name (male given name)
  • Vasilíu name (male given name)
  • Vaséli name (male given name)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ὤκιμον noun (plant)
  • ὤκιμον noun (herb)

Arabic

4 entries
  • فاسيلي name (male given name)
  • حبق noun (plant)
  • حبق noun (herb)
  • حَبَق noun (plant)

Armenian

4 entries
  • Բարսեղ name (male given name)
  • Վասիլ name (male given name)
  • ռեհան noun (plant)
  • ռեհան noun (herb)

Asturian

3 entries
  • Basiliu name (male given name)
  • albahaca noun (plant)
  • albahaca noun (herb)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • reyhan noun (plant)
  • reyhan noun (herb)

Basque

2 entries
  • albaka noun (plant)
  • albaka noun (herb)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • Васі́ль name (male given name)

Bengali

4 entries
  • গুলাল noun (herb)
  • দুলাল তুলসী noun (herb)
  • বাবুই তুলসী noun (herb)
  • সাদা তুলসী noun (herb)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • Васи́л name (male given name)
  • Василий name (male given name)
  • босилек noun (plant)
  • босилек noun (herb)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ပင်စိမ်း noun (plant)
  • ပင်စိမ်းမွှေး noun (plant)

Campidanese Sardinian

4 entries
  • affàbbica noun (plant)
  • affàbbica noun (herb)
  • brasìle noun (plant)
  • brasìle noun (herb)

Catalan

4 entries
  • Basili name (male given name)
  • alfàbega noun (plant)
  • alfàbega noun (herb)
  • alfàbrega noun (plant)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ڕێحانە noun (plant)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 羅勒 /罗勒 noun (plant)
  • 羅勒 /罗勒 noun (herb)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 巴茲爾 /巴兹尔 name (male given name)
  • 巴西爾 /巴西尔 name (male given name)
  • 羅勒 /罗勒 noun (plant)
  • 羅勒 /罗勒 noun (herb)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • Ваҫлей name (male given name)

Czech

3 entries
  • Vasil name (male given name)
  • bazalka noun (plant)
  • bazalka noun (herb)

Danish

2 entries
  • basilikum noun (plant)
  • basilikum noun (herb)

Dutch

4 entries
  • basilicum noun (plant)
  • basilicum noun (herb)
  • basilicumblaadjes noun (herb)
  • basiliekruid noun (plant)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • bazilio noun (plant)
  • bazilio noun (herb)
  • ocimo noun (plant)
  • ocimo noun (herb)

Estonian

2 entries
  • basiilik noun (plant)
  • basiilik noun (herb)

Finnish

4 entries
  • Pasi name (male given name)
  • basilika noun (plant)
  • basilika noun (herb)
  • basilika noun (plant of the genus Ocimum)

French

3 entries
  • Basile name (male given name)
  • basilic noun (plant)
  • basilic noun (herb)

Galician

4 entries
  • Basilio name (male given name)
  • alfábega noun (plant)
  • alfábega noun (herb)
  • monforadiña noun (plant)

Gallurese

1 entries
  • basgiricò noun (plant)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ვასილ name (male given name)
  • რეჰანი noun (plant)
  • რეჰანი noun (herb)
  • შაშკვლავი noun (plant)

German

3 entries
  • Basilius name (male given name)
  • Basilikum noun (plant)
  • Basilikum noun (herb)

Greek

3 entries
  • Βασίλειος name (male given name)
  • βασιλικός noun (plant)
  • βασιλικός noun (herb)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • וסילי name (male given name)
  • בָּזִילִיקוּם noun (plant)
  • בזיליקום noun (herb)
  • רֵיחָן noun (plant)

Hindi

2 entries
  • मीठा तुलसी noun (plant)
  • मीठा तुलसी noun (herb)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • Bazil name (male given name)
  • Vazul name (male given name)
  • Vászoly name (male given name)
  • bazsalikom noun (plant)

Hunsrik

2 entries
  • Manschërikong noun (plant)
  • Manschërikong noun (herb)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • basilíka noun (plant)

Irish

2 entries
  • basal noun (plant)
  • basal noun (herb)

Italian

3 entries
  • Basilio name (male given name)
  • basilico noun (plant)
  • basilico noun (herb)

Japanese

4 entries
  • バジル name (male given name)
  • バジリコ noun (plant)
  • バジル noun (plant)
  • バジル noun (herb)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • Бәзіл name (male given name)

Korean

3 entries
  • 바실리 name (male given name)
  • 바질 noun (plant)
  • 바질 noun (herb)

Ladino

4 entries
  • alhavaka noun (plant)
  • aljavaka noun (plant)
  • aljavaka noun (herb)
  • bazíliko noun (plant)

Latin

3 entries
  • Basilius name (male given name)
  • ōcimum noun (plant)
  • ōcimum noun (herb)

Latvian

2 entries
  • Basilijs name (male given name)
  • baziliks noun (plant)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • bazilikas noun (plant)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • Васил name (male given name)
  • босилек noun (plant)
  • босилек noun (herb)
  • босилок noun (plant)

Malay

1 entries
  • selasih noun (plant)

Maltese

2 entries
  • ħabaq noun (plant)
  • ħabaq noun (herb)

Marathi

2 entries
  • तुळस noun (plant)
  • तुळस noun (herb)

Māori

2 entries
  • pātira noun (plant)
  • pātira noun (herb)

Neapolitan

2 entries
  • vasinicola noun (plant)
  • vasinicola noun (herb)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • basilik noun (plant)
  • basilik noun (herb)
  • basilikum noun (plant)
  • basilikum noun (herb)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • basilikum noun (plant)
  • basilikum noun (herb)

Occitan

2 entries
  • Basili name (male given name)
  • Bausilha name (male given name)

Old English

1 entries
  • eorþmistel noun (plant)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • ریحان noun (plant)
  • ریحان noun (herb)
  • فسلكن noun (plant)
  • فسلكن noun (herb)

Persian

3 entries
  • ریحان noun (plant)
  • ریحان noun (herb)
  • شاهسپرم noun (plant)

Polish

3 entries
  • Bazyli name (male given name)
  • bazylia noun (plant)
  • bazylia noun (herb)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • Basílio name (male given name)
  • alfavaca noun (plant)
  • alfavaca noun (herb)
  • basílico noun (plant)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਤੁਲਸੀ noun (herb)
  • ਨਿਆਜ਼ਬੋ noun (herb)

Romanian

3 entries
  • Vasile name (male given name)
  • busuioc noun (plant)
  • busuioc noun (herb)

Russian

4 entries
  • Бэ́зил name (male given name)
  • Васи́лий name (male given name)
  • базили́к noun (plant)
  • базили́к noun (herb)

Sardinian

4 entries
  • affàbbica noun (plant)
  • affàbbica noun (herb)
  • basìle noun (plant)
  • basìle noun (herb)

Sassarese

1 entries
  • basìri noun (plant)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • Bazilije name (male given name)
  • Bosiljko name (male given name)
  • Босиљко name (male given name)
  • Василије name (male given name)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • Vasili name (male given name)
  • bacilicò noun (plant)
  • basilicò noun (plant)
  • basilicò noun (herb)

Slovak

2 entries
  • Vasil name (male given name)
  • bazalka noun (plant)

Slovene

3 entries
  • Bazilij name (male given name)
  • bazilika noun (plant)
  • bazilika noun (herb)

Spanish

3 entries
  • Basilio name (male given name)
  • albahaca noun (plant)
  • albahaca noun (herb)

Svan

1 entries
  • შაშკვლავ noun (plant)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mrehani noun (plant)

Swedish

2 entries
  • basilika noun (plant)
  • basilika noun (herb)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • albahaka noun (plant)
  • albahaka noun (herb)
  • balanoy noun (plant)
  • balanoy noun (herb)

Telugu

1 entries
  • తులసి noun (plant)

Ternate

1 entries
  • sulasi noun (plant)

Thai

2 entries
  • กะเพรา noun (plant)
  • กะเพรา noun (herb)

Turkish

4 entries
  • fesleğen noun (plant)
  • fesleğen noun (herb)
  • reyhan noun (plant)
  • reyhan noun (herb)

Udi

2 entries
  • ираьгьаьн noun (plant)
  • ираьгьаьн noun (herb)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • Васи́ль name (male given name)

Urdu

2 entries
  • تلسی noun (plant)
  • تلسی noun (herb)

Venetan

1 entries
  • basegò noun (plant)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • húng tây noun (plant)

Welsh

3 entries
  • basil noun (herb)
  • brenhinllys noun (plant)
  • brenhinllys noun (herb)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • וואַסילי name (male given name)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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I like to add basil to season my spaghetti sauce.

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Basil, sage, rosemary, thyme and oregano are popular herbs.

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Put some basil on the pizza.

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Would you like basil on your spaghetti?

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