different between elementary vs basal

English

Alternative forms

• elementar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin element?rius (“elementary”), from elementum (“one of the four elements of antiquity; fundamentals”) + -?rius (adjective-forming suffix). Cognate with French élémentaire.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /(?)?l???m?nt(?)??/
• (General American) enPR: ?l'?-m?n?t?-r?, -tr?, IPA^(key): /??l???m?nt(?)?i/
• Rhymes: -?nt??i, -?nt?i
• Hyphenation: el?e?men?ta?ry

Adjective

elementary (comparative more elementary, superlative most elementary)

1. Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.
2. Relating to an elementary school.
3. (physics) Relating to a subatomic particle.
4. (archaic) Sublunary; not celestial; belonging to the sublunary sphere, to which the four classical elements (earth, air, fire and water) were confined; composed of or pertaining to these four elements.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

elementary (plural elementaries)

1. An elementary school
2. (mythology, mysticism) A supernatural being which is associated with the elements.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “elementary”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

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.