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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbæz.əl/
Rhymes: -æzəl

Proper noun

Basil

A male given name from Ancient Greek, in quiet but steady use in the UK.
- 1866 Eliza Tabor Stephenson, Hester's Sacrifice, Hust and Blackett, 1866, Volume II, 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: Vasili m
Armenian: Բարսեղ (Barseł), Վասիլ (Vasil)
Asturian: Basiliu (ast) m
Belarusian: Васі́ль m (Vasílʹ)
Bulgarian: Василий m (Vasilij)
Catalan: Basili m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巴賽爾／巴赛尔 (Bāsài'ěr)
Czech: Vasil (cs) m
Finnish: Pasi (fi)
French: Basile (fr) m
Galician: Basilio (gl) m
Greek: Βασίλειος (el) m (Vasíleios)
Hungarian: Bazil (hu), Vazul (hu), Vászoly (hu)
Italian: Basilio (it) m
Japanese: バジル (Bajiru)
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, Василије m
Slovak: Vasil m
Slovene: Bazilij m
Spanish: Basilio (es) m
Ukrainian: Васи́ль m (Vasýlʹ) (cognate)

Anagrams

Bails, Blais, Salib, bails, labis, sabil