Basil

basil BASIL English + Etymology Name of several early saints, particularly in the Orthodox Church, from en la Basilius, from en grc Βασίλειος. en Vasilios Vasily. Pronunciation en /ˈbæz.əl/ en en-uk-basil.ogg UK en æzəl 2 Proper noun en male Ancient Greek, in quiet but steady use in the UK. en 1866 Eliza Tabor Stephenson Hester's Sacrifice Hust and Blackett II 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. - - Derived terms en Basil Fawlty Basilian Related terms Diminutives: Baz, Bazza Translations male given name Albanian: sq Vasíli m, sq Vasilíu m, sq Vaséli m, sq Bazíli m, sq Bazilíu m Arabic: ar فاسيلي Armenian: hy Բարսեղ, hy Վասիլ Asturian: ast Basiliu m Belarusian: be Васі́ль m Bulgarian: bg Василий m, bg Васи́л m Catalan: ca Basili m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 巴茲爾 Bāzī'ěr, cmn 巴西爾 Bāxī'ěr, cmn 巴西略 Bāxīlüè Catholic Chuvash: cv Ваҫлей Czech: cs Vasil m Finnish: fi Pasi French: fr Basile m Galician: gl Basilio m Georgian: ka ვასილ German: de Basilius m Greek: el Βασίλειος m Hebrew: he וסילי m Hungarian: hu Bazil, hu Vazul, hu Vászoly Italian: it Basilio m Japanese: ja バジル Bajiru Kazakh: kk Бәзіл Korean: ko 바실리 Latin: la Basilius Latvian: lv Basilijs m Macedonian: mk Васил m Occitan: oc Basili m, oc Bausilha m Polish: pl Bazyli m Portuguese: pt Basílio m Romanian: ro Vasile m Russian: ru Васи́лий m cognate, ru Бэ́зил m transliteration Serbo-Croatian: sh Bazilije m, sh Bosiljko m, sh Василије m, sh Босиљко m Sicilian: scn Vasili m Slovak: sk Vasil m Slovene: sl Bazilij m Spanish: es Basilio m Ukrainian: uk Васи́ль m cognate Yiddish: yi וואַסילי Anagrams en abils sabil Sibal Blais Salib Bails labis Balis Blasi bails