Basic in Different Languages
Discover 'Basic' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Basic
Afrikaans basies | ||
Albanian themelore | ||
Amharic መሰረታዊ | ||
Arabic الأساسي | ||
Armenian հիմնական | ||
Assamese প্ৰাথমিক | ||
Aymara wasiku | ||
Azerbaijani əsas | ||
Bambara kunfɔlɔ | ||
Basque oinarrizkoa | ||
Belarusian асноўны | ||
Bengali বেসিক | ||
Bhojpuri बुनियादी | ||
Bosnian osnovno | ||
Bulgarian основен | ||
Catalan bàsic | ||
Cebuano sukaranan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 基本的 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 基本的 | ||
Corsican basica | ||
Croatian osnovni, temeljni | ||
Czech základní | ||
Danish grundlæggende | ||
Dhivehi އާދައިގެ | ||
Dogri बुनियादी | ||
Dutch basis | ||
English basic | ||
Esperanto baza | ||
Estonian põhiline | ||
Ewe gɔmedzenu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) basic | ||
Finnish perus | ||
French de base | ||
Frisian basis | ||
Galician básico | ||
Georgian ძირითადი | ||
German basic | ||
Greek βασικός | ||
Guarani pererĩva | ||
Gujarati પાયાની | ||
Haitian Creole debaz | ||
Hausa na asali | ||
Hawaiian kumu | ||
Hebrew בסיסי | ||
Hindi बुनियादी | ||
Hmong yooj yim | ||
Hungarian alapvető | ||
Icelandic grunn | ||
Igbo nke nkiti | ||
Ilocano kadawyan | ||
Indonesian dasar | ||
Irish bunúsach | ||
Italian di base | ||
Japanese 基本 | ||
Javanese dhasar | ||
Kannada ಮೂಲ | ||
Kazakh негізгі | ||
Khmer មូលដ្ឋាន | ||
Kinyarwanda shingiro | ||
Konkani मुळावें | ||
Korean 기본 | ||
Krio men | ||
Kurdish bingehîn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بنەڕەتی | ||
Kyrgyz негизги | ||
Lao ພື້ນຖານ | ||
Latin basic | ||
Latvian pamata | ||
Lingala ya ntina | ||
Lithuanian pagrindinis | ||
Luganda kya bulijjo | ||
Luxembourgish basis | ||
Macedonian основни | ||
Maithili मूलभूत | ||
Malagasy fototra | ||
Malay asas | ||
Malayalam അടിസ്ഥാന | ||
Maltese bażiku | ||
Maori taketake | ||
Marathi मूलभूत | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯉꯥꯏ ꯐꯗꯕ | ||
Mizo bulthut | ||
Mongolian үндсэн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အခြေခံ | ||
Nepali आधारभूत | ||
Norwegian grunnleggende | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zoyambira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ମ basic ଳିକ | ||
Oromo bu'uura | ||
Pashto بنسټیز | ||
Persian پایه ای | ||
Polish podstawowy | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) básico | ||
Punjabi ਮੁੱ .ਲਾ | ||
Quechua qallariq | ||
Romanian de bază | ||
Russian основной | ||
Samoan faʻavae | ||
Sanskrit आधारभूत | ||
Scots Gaelic bunaiteach | ||
Sepedi ya motheo | ||
Serbian основни | ||
Sesotho mantlha | ||
Shona basic | ||
Sindhi بنيادي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මූලික | ||
Slovak základné | ||
Slovenian osnovno | ||
Somali aasaasiga ah | ||
Spanish básico | ||
Sundanese dasar | ||
Swahili msingi | ||
Swedish grundläggande | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) batayan | ||
Tajik асосӣ | ||
Tamil அடிப்படை | ||
Tatar төп | ||
Telugu ప్రాథమిక | ||
Thai ขั้นพื้นฐาน | ||
Tigrinya መሰረታዊ | ||
Tsonga ntolovelo | ||
Turkish temel | ||
Turkmen esasy | ||
Twi (Akan) mfiasesɛm | ||
Ukrainian основний | ||
Urdu بنیادی | ||
Uyghur basic | ||
Uzbek asosiy | ||
Vietnamese căn bản | ||
Welsh syml | ||
Xhosa esisiseko | ||
Yiddish יקערדיק | ||
Yoruba ipilẹ | ||
Zulu eziyisisekelo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "basies" in Afrikaans originated from the Latin ""basis"", which means "basis" or "foundation". "Basies" also holds this meaning in Afrikaans, but is also often used in a colloquial sense, to mean "simple" or "straightforward." |
| Albanian | Themelore derives from the Albanian word themë and could also mean "subject," "topic," or "lesson." |
| Amharic | መሰረታዊ can also mean 'foundation' or 'principle', and it can sometimes be used in a negative sense to describe something as 'primitive' or 'unsophisticated'. |
| Arabic | The word comes from the Greek word |
| Armenian | In Armenian, the word "հիմնական" has additional meanings beyond "basic", such as "principal" and "original". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "əsas" in Azerbaijani originates from the Persian word "اصل" (asl), which means "root", "foundation", or "basis". |
| Basque | The word "oinarrizkoa" in Basque can also mean "primordial" or "elementary". |
| Belarusian | The word “асноўны” (“basic”) is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *osnova, meaning “foundation”. |
| Bengali | In Bengali the word "বেসিক" is also commonly used to denote "low-grade, inferior, or mediocre" quality. |
| Bosnian | The word "osnovno" in Bosnian may also mean "fundamental" or "primary". |
| Bulgarian | Bulgarian "основен" originally meant "based on" and has the archaic sense of "fundamental". |
| Catalan | The word "bàsic" comes from the Greek word "básis" which means "base". The original meaning of "bàsic" is therefore "fundamental". It is only in the last few centuries that "bàsic" has come to mean "simple". |
| Cebuano | Alternate meanings of "sukaranan" include "beginner" or "foundation", and its root word is "sukad" meaning "since" or "from the beginning." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 基本 additionally means 'basic principles' or 'elementary' in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 基本的 (jī běn dí) literally means "foundationally standing". |
| Corsican | Corsican "basica" derives from the Latin "basis", a Greek term meaning "step" |
| Croatian | In Croatian, "Osnovni, temeljni" can also refer to the fundamental principles or concepts of something. |
| Czech | The word "základní" can also mean "fundamental" or "elementary" in Czech. |
| Danish | In Danish, "grundlæggende" also means "fundamental" or "essential". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "basis" can also refer to a base or foundation of a structure or organization. |
| Esperanto | The word "baza" in Esperanto can refer to the base of a tree or other object. |
| Estonian | The word "põhiline" also means "main" or "original" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | The word "perus" is used in different contexts with slightly different meanings, for example in "peruskoulu" (comprehensive school), "perustus" (foundation), and "perustiedot" (basic knowledge). |
| French | In French, "de base" can mean basic or essential, depending on its context. |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "basis" derives from the Greek "básis" meaning "foundation" or "support." |
| Galician | Galician has retained the Spanish meaning of «basic» but also uses the word to mean «sufficient» or «necessary». |
| German | The German word "Basis" (pronounced "bah-sis") literally translates to "base" or "foundation" and can refer to the underlying principles or elements of something. |
| Greek | The term 'βασικός' derives from the Ancient Greek word 'βάσις' ('basis'), which signifies a foundation, base, or support. |
| Gujarati | The word "પાયાની" also means "fundamental" or "introductory" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | Haitian Creole word "debaz" is a homonym with "deba", which means "to argue" in French. |
| Hausa | The word 'na asali' has a broader meaning than just 'basic', and can be used to describe things that are simple, fundamental or traditional. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "kumu" can also refer to a teacher or expert in a particular field, such as "kumu hula" (hula instructor). |
| Hebrew | "בסיסי" in Hebrew is a loanword from French, derived from Greek. Its alternate meaning, "coarse," comes from Arabic. |
| Hindi | "बुनियादी" (basic) originates from Persian "bunyad" (foundation), implying its foundational nature in Hindi as well. |
| Hmong | The word "yooj yim" can also be used to describe something that is simple or straightforward. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "alapvető" ('basic') is a compound word derived from the words "alap" ('foundation') and "vető" ('throwing'). |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "grunn" comes from the Old Norse word "grund" meaning "ground" or "foundation," but it also has extended meanings like "principle" or "reason." |
| Igbo | Igbo phrase “nke nkiti” is literally “nerves” or “sinews”, signifying foundational or essential elements of a person or system. |
| Indonesian | In Old Javanese, 'dasar' referred to the foundation of a house, and also something which was true, firm and stable. |
| Irish | The Irish word 'bunúsach' is a derivative of the Irish word 'bun' meaning 'foundation', 'origin' or 'base'. |
| Italian | The alternate meaning of "di base" in Italian is "fundamental" or "essential". |
| Japanese | The word "基本" (kihon) literally means "origin" or "base", and can also refer to fundamental principles or concepts. |
| Javanese | The word "dhasar" derives from the Sanskrit word "adhara" meaning "base" or "support". |
| Kannada | ಮೂಲ also means "root" in Kannada, and "basic" is its transferred meaning |
| Kazakh | The word "негізгі" in Kazakh can also mean "main", "fundamental", or "essential". |
| Khmer | The term “មូលដ្ឋាន” originated from the Sanskrit word “मूल” meaning “root”, therefore it also has the meaning of “origin” or “foundation”. |
| Korean | The word "기본" ("basic") in Korean can also mean "foundation" or "principle." |
| Kurdish | The word "bingehîn" also means "deep" or "profound" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "негизги" can also refer to something that is primary or essential. |
| Latin | The Latin word "basicus" can also mean "royal" or "imperial". |
| Latvian | "Pamata" in Latvian can mean either "basic" or "fundamental" in English. |
| Lithuanian | Also used to express a primary element or component |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Basis" in Luxembourgish can also refer to the "fundamentals" or the "foundation" of something. |
| Macedonian | The word "основни" can also mean "primary" or "elemental" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The word 'fototra' in Malagasy comes from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian root *pituq, meaning 'small' or 'short'. |
| Malay | "Asas" in Malay also means "foundation" or "principle". |
| Malayalam | The word "അടിസ്ഥാന" (adhisthana) in Malayalam originates from the Sanskrit word "अधिस्तान" (adhisthana), meaning "foundation" or "base", and is often used to refer to the fundamental principles or underlying elements of something. |
| Maltese | Maltese word "bażiku" is likely derived from French "bas" meaning "low" or "inferior" and ultimately goes back to Latin "bassus". |
| Maori | Taketake can also mean to start, or begin, and in this sense is often used in reference to genealogy or a person's history. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'मूलभूत' comes from the Sanskrit word 'मूल' meaning 'root' or 'origin', and is related to the English word 'radical'. |
| Mongolian | The word "үндсэн" ("basic") in Mongolian can also refer to something that is "fundamental" or "essential". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word ကႁဗႉခႈ can also mean ခႂငႂ in Burmese language. |
| Nepali | "आधारभूत" also means 'fundamental' and is derived from the Sanskrit word "आधार". |
| Norwegian | The word "grunnleggende" comes from the Old Norse word "grunnleggja", meaning "to lay a foundation"} |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyakyusa, a language from the neighboring country of Tanzania, 'zoyambira' means 'easy'. |
| Pashto | The word "بنسټیز" (basic) in Pashto also means "foundational" or "fundamental". |
| Persian | The Persian word "پایه ای" can also refer to "foundational" or "elementary". |
| Polish | The word 'podstawowy' comes from the Old Polish word 'podstawa', meaning 'foundation' or 'base'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "básico" can also mean elementary, essential, or fundamental. |
| Romanian | The word "de bază" in Romanian can also mean "fundamental" or "primary." |
| Russian | "Основной" can also refer to electrical grounding in Russian or the "mainline" of a drug in the context of addiction. |
| Samoan | "Faʻavae" in Samoan can also mean "principle" or "foundation". |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "bunaiteach" not only means "basic" but also refers to something that is "fundamental" or "essential". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "основни" can also refer to the "foundations" or "basics" of something. |
| Shona | In Shona, "basic" (pakutanga) also means "the start" or "in the beginning." |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "بنيادي" also means "elementary" or "essential" in the context of education. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'මූලික' is cognate to the Sanskrit word 'मूलिक' (mūlika), which means 'root', and the Tamil word 'முதன்மை' (mutamai), which means 'primary'. |
| Slovak | The word "základné" also means "fundamental" or "elementary" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The word 'osnovno' in Slovenian is also a noun that means 'base' or 'foundation'. |
| Somali | In Somali, "aas-aasiga ah" is also a term used in the context of traditional medicine and philosophy. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "básico" can also refer to a type of electrical outlet. |
| Sundanese | The word "dasar" can also mean "foundation, base, or principle" in Sundanese |
| Swahili | The word "msingi" in Swahili can also mean "foundation" or "principle". |
| Swedish | The word grundläggande can also refer to a preparatory or fundamental course of study or instruction. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Batayan" derives from the root word "batay", which means "to base" or "to ground" on something. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "асосӣ" is derived from the Persian/Arabic word "asāsī", meaning "fundamental" or "principal". |
| Tamil | The word "அடிப்படை" can also refer to the foundation or base of something. |
| Telugu | It can be used in the sense of something being most common or common, not just in the sense of being fundamental. |
| Thai | "ขั้นพื้นฐาน" literally means "fundamental steps" and refers to learning that lays the foundation for more advanced skills or knowledge. |
| Turkish | Temel can also refer to a foundational concept, an element of a structure, or a cornerstone. |
| Ukrainian | The word "основний" in Ukrainian shares the same origin as the word "base" in English, meaning "a foundation or starting point." |
| Urdu | Urdu word بنيادي derives from Arabic, meaning both "basic" and "fundamental", and is commonly used in the context of education, philosophy, and science. |
| Uzbek | Asosiy derives from the Persian word 'us' (foundation) and has connotations of 'fundamental' or 'elementary'. |
| Vietnamese | Căn bản also has the meaning "foundation", or "root" when referring to a subject, skill, or concept. |
| Welsh | "Syml" in Welsh can also refer to the fundamental principles or structure of something, similar to the concept of "axiom" in English. |
| Xhosa | It also means 'simplicity' or 'the beginning of something' in the context of the Xhosa language. |
| Yiddish | The word 'יקערדיק' ('basic') in Yiddish can also mean 'fundamental' or 'essential'. |
| Yoruba | Ipile, a Yoruba word for "basic," comes from "Ipile (foundation, starting point)," or "Ipinlẹ (essence, the core nature of something)." |
| Zulu | The etymology of the Zulu word 'eziyisisekelo' ('basic') translates to 'foundation or base' |
| English | The term "basic" emerged as a chemistry term but is now widely used as a synonym for "fundamental." |