different between basal vs innate

English

Etymology

From base +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [?be?s??]
• (US, also) IPA^(key): [?be?z??]
• Rhymes: -e?s?l, -e?z?l

Adjective

basal (comparative more basal, superlative most basal)

1. Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.

2. (anatomy) Associated with the base of an organism or structure.

3. (medicine) Of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism.

4. (chiefly systematics) In a phylogenetic tree, being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier. The earliest clade to branch in a larger clade.

Synonyms

• basilar

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

basal (plural basals)

1. base, bottom, minimum
2. (anatomy) Any basal structure or part

Anagrams

• Ba'als, Baals, Ba?als, LABAs, albas, baals, balas, balsa, blaas, laabs, sabal

French

Adjective

basal (feminine singular basale, masculine plural basaux, feminine plural basales)

1. basal

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

basal (comparative basaler, superlative am basalsten)

1. basal

Declension

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (ba?al).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba.sal/

Noun

basal m (collective, singulative basla, paucal basliet)

1. onion (as a mass or species); several onions

2. bulbs

Derived terms

Maranao

Verb

basal

1. to beat, to knock

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?sal/, [ba?sal]
• Hyphenation: ba?sal

Adjective

basal (plural basales)

1. basal

Derived terms

Related terms

• base

Further reading

• “basal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inn?tus (“inborn”), perfect active participle of inn?scor (“be born in, grow up in”), from in (“in, at on”) + n?scor (“be born”); see natal, native.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ne?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Adjective

innate (not comparable)

1. Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.
2. (philosophy) Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience.
3. Instinctive; coming from instinct.
   • 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, Chapter 3

     As if she held the clue to something secret in his breast, of the nature of which he was hardly informed himself. As if she had an innate knowledge of one jarring and discordant string within him, and her very breath could sound it.

4. (botany) Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament.

Usage notes

• Nouns often used with "innate": knowledge, idea, immunity, etc.

Synonyms

• (existing or having existed since birth): See also Thesaurus:innate

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• a priori
• intuitive.

Verb

innate (third-person singular simple present innates, present participle innating, simple past and past participle innated)

1. (obsolete) To cause to exist; to call into being.

Translations

References

• innate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• innate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• annite, ante in, nanite, tannie

Italian

Adjective

innate f pl

1. feminine plural of innato

Latin

Participle

inn?te

1. vocative masculine singular of inn?tus