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English

Etymology

From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek ????? (básis), from Proto-Indo-European *g?émtis, derived from Proto-Indo-European *g?em- (English come). Doublet of base.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: b??s?s, IPA^(key): /?be?s?s/,
• Rhymes: -e?s?s

Noun

basis (plural bases or (rare) baseis or (nonstandard) basises)

1. A physical base or foundation.
   • 1695, William Congreve, To the King, on the taking of Namur, 1810, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers (biographies), The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 10, page 271,

     Beholding rocks from their firm basis rent;
     Mountain on mountain thrown,
     With threatening hurl, that shook th' aerial firmament!

2. A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     I wonder if the South Korean side has any basis that its smog is from China.

3. An underlying condition or circumstance.
   • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban (in The Guardian, 6 September 2013)[1]

     Hodgson may now have to bring in James Milner on the left and, on that basis, a certain amount of gloss was taken off a night on which Welbeck scored twice but barely celebrated either before leaving the pitch angrily complaining to the Slovakian referee.

4. A regular frequency.

   You should brush your teeth on a daily basis at minimum.

   The flights to Fiji leave on a weekly basis.

   Cars must be checked on a yearly basis.

5. (agriculture, trading) The difference between the cash price a dealer pays to a farmer for his produce and an agreed reference price, which is usually the futures price at which the given crop is trading at a commodity exchange.

6. (linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
7. (accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
8. (topology) A collection of subsets ("basis elements") of a set, such that this collection covers the set, and for any two basis elements which both contain an element of the set, there is a third basis element contained in the intersection of the first two, which also contains that element.

Synonyms

• (starting point for discussion): base

Derived terms

Translations

References

Anagrams

• absis, bassi, isbas

Catalan

Verb

basis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of basar

Danish

Noun

basis

1. (linear algebra) basis

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek ????? (básis). Doublet of base. Also a distant doublet of komst, via Proto-Indo-European *g???tis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?.z?s/, /?ba?.z?s/
• Hyphenation: ba?sis

Noun

basis f (plural basissen or bases, diminutive basisje n)

1. basis (principle, foundation, that which is elementary)
2. base (lower portion, foundation)
3. Obsolete form of base (“base, alkali”).

Derived terms

• basisarts
• basisbeurs
• basisdemocratie
• basisinkomen
• basisonderwijs
• basisschool
• machtsbasis
• thuisbasis

Related terms

• basaal
• base

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: basis

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?sis/, [?b?s?is?]
• Rhymes: -?sis
• Syllabification: ba?sis

Noun

basis

1. basis, base

Declension

Anagrams

• bassi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch basis, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek ????? (básis). Doublet of basa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bas?s]
• Hyphenation: ba?sis

Noun

basis

1. basis, base
2. basis,
   1. (mathematics) in a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
3. base,
   1. (geometry) the lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
   2. (military) permanent structure for housing military; headquarter.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “basis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (básis, “foundation, base”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ba.sis/, [?bäs??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ba.sis/, [?b??s?is]

Noun

basis f (genitive basis); third declension

1. A pedestal, foot, base; basis, foundation.
2. (architecture) The lowest part of the shaft of a column.
3. (grammar) The primitive word, root.
4. (of cattle) A track, footprint.

Declension

Note that there are the alternative forms base?s for the genitive singular, base? for the ablative singular, basin for accusative singular, and baseis for the accusative plural.Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -?).

Synonyms

• (basis, foundation): r?d?x
• (pedestal, base): crep?d?
• (track, footprint): vest?gium

Derived terms

• basella
• basicula
• basil?ris

Related terms

• antibasis

Descendants

• English: base, basis
• French: base
• German: Basis f
• Italian: base
• Russian: ????? f (báza), ?????? m (bázis)
• Spanish: base
• Swedish: bas

References

• basis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• basis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• basis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (básis)

Noun

basis m (definite singular basisen, indefinite plural basiser, definite plural basisene)

1. basis
2. base

Derived terms

• basisår
• verdensbasis

References

• “basis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (básis)

Noun

basis m (definite singular basisen, indefinite plural basisar, definite plural basisane)

1. basis
2. base

Derived terms

• basisår

References

• “basis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English canoun, from Old French canon, from Latin can?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to ????? (kánna, “reed”), from Semitic (compare Hebrew ?????? (qane, “reed”) and Arabic ??????? (qan?h, “reed”)). Doublet of qanun. See also cane.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?n'?n, IPA^(key): /?kæn.?n/
• Rhymes: -æn?n
• Homophone: cannon

Noun

canon (countable and uncountable, plural canons)

1. A generally accepted principle; a rule.
2. A group of literary works that are generally accepted as representing a field.
   • 2015, William Styron, "Irwin Shaw", in My Generation: Collected Nonfiction, page 456

     the durable canon of American short fiction

3. The works of a writer that have been accepted as authentic.

4. A eucharistic prayer, particularly the Roman Canon.
5. A religious law or body of law decreed by the church.

6. A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
7. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.
8. A member of a cathedral chapter; one who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.
9. A piece of music in which the same melody is played by different voices, but beginning at different times; a round.

10. (Roman law) A rent or stipend payable at some regular time, generally annual, e.g., canon frumentarius
11. (fandom slang, uncountable) Those sources, especially including literary works, which are considered part of the main continuity regarding a given fictional universe.
    • 2014, Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars

      Meanwhile, having learned the whereabouts of the Death Star's plans, the rebels send their best platypus agent to obtain them, in hopes of finding a weakness. And none of this is canon, so just relax.

12. (cooking) A rolled and filleted loin of meat; also called cannon.

13. (printing, dated, uncountable) A large size of type formerly used for printing the church canons, standardized as 48-point.
15. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; the ear or shank of a bell.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

16. (billiards) A carom.

Synonyms

• (48-point type): French canon

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English canoun, ultimately from Latin canonicus (either by shortening or back-formation from Old English canonic, or via Anglo-Norman chanoine).

Noun

canon (plural canons)

1. A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church.
2. A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.

Derived terms

• Canonbury
• Canons Park
• Stoke Canon

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

canon (plural canons)

1. Alternative spelling of qanun

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “canon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• “canon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Ancon, Conan, ancon

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to ????? (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew ???? (qaneh, “reed”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?.n?n/
• Hyphenation: ca?non

Noun

canon m (plural canons, diminutive canonnetje n)

1. canon (set of representative or pre-eminent literary works)
   1. (chiefly Christianity) canon (set of authoritative religious books, especially those constituting the Bible)
2. (Christianity) canon (religious law)
3. (music) canon (round, music piece consisting of the same melody sung by different voices)
4. (Roman Catholicism) canon (part of a mass following the Sanctus up to the end of the Pater Noster, consisting mostly of prayers)
5. (dated) canon (principle, rule)

Derived terms

• canoniek
• canoniseren

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.n??/

Etymology 1

From Old French canon, from canne + -on, corresponding to Italian cannone.

Noun

canon m (plural canons)

1. cannon, (big) gun
2. barrel (of firearm)
3. cannon for a horse.

Derived terms

• boulet de canon
• canon à eau
• chair à canon
• fusil à canon scié
• poudre à canon
• tuer une mouche avec un canon

Etymology 2

From Old French canon, borrowed from Latin can?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, “measuring rod, standard”).

The 'attractive person' sense comes from an ellipsis of canon de beauté.

Noun

canon m (plural canons)

1. canon
2. (music) canon
3. (religion) canon
4. (slang) hottie, dish, bombshell (attractive man/woman)

   Synonym: avion de chasse

Derived terms

• canon à neige
• canon de beauté

Etymology 3

From the above noun (see sense 4) by conversion.

Adjective

canon (plural canons)

1. (informal, of a person) hot, sexy

Etymology 4

canne +? -on.

Noun

canon m (plural canons)

1. (slang) glass of wine

Further reading

• “canon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ka.no?n/, [?käno?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ka.non/, [?k??n?n]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to ????? (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew ???? (qaneh, “reed”)).

Noun

can?n m (genitive canonis); third declension

1. a measuring line
2. (figuratively) precept, rule, canon
3. a yearly tribute paid to the emperor; (Medieval Latin, by extension) a periodic payment
4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) authorized catalog, especially of books of the Bible or of the saints
5. (Ecclesiastical Latin) decree of a church synod
6. (Ecclesiastical Latin) the Canon of the Mass
7. (Medieval Latin) relic

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• can?niz?

Synonyms

• (precept, rule): n?rma, praeceptum, r?gula

Descendants

• Catalan: cànon
• English: canon
• French: canon
• Irish: canóin
• Italian: canone
• Russian: ?????? (kanón)
• Spanish: canon

Etymology 2

From canna (“pipe”), compare Italian cannone and Old French canon.

Noun

can?n m (genitive can?nis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a cannon (artillery)

References

• canon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• canon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• canon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• canon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• canon in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) , “canon”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill

Norman

Etymology

From Old French canon.

Noun

canon m (plural canons)

1. cannon

Old French

Etymology 1

canne +? -on, corresponding to Italian cannone.

Noun

canon m (oblique plural canons, nominative singular canons, nominative plural canon)

1. tube
2. cannon

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin can?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, “measuring rod, standard”).

1. canon

Descendants

• English: canon
• French: canon
• Norman: canon

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek ????? (kanón), possibly partly through a South Slavic language intermediate.

Noun

canon n (plural canoane)

1. canon
2. (usually in regards to religion) tenet, dogma, rule, norm, precept
3. punishment or penance for breaking such a religious rule

Declension

Derived terms

• canoni

Related terms

• canonic

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin can?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (kan?n, “measuring rod, standard”) (compare ????? (kánna, “reed”)), perhaps of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kanon/, [?ka.nõn]

Noun

canon m (plural cánones)

1. canon (principle, literary works, prayer, religious law, music piece)

   Synonyms: norma, precepto, regla

2. tax, fee

Related terms

• canónico
• canonizar

References

Further reading

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

Welsh

Alternative forms

• canasom (literary, first-person plural)
• canasant (literary, third-person plural)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?kan?n/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?ka?n?n/, /?kan?n/

Verb

canon

1. (colloquial) first-person plural preterite of canu
2. (colloquial) third-person plural preterite of canu

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