different between magnolia vs basil

English

Etymology

French Magnol +? -ia. Named after French botanist Pierre Magnol (1638-1715). The surname is a form of the male given name Magne, from Latin magnus.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæ??no?.li.?/

Noun

Wikispecies magnolia (plural magnolias)

1. A tree or shrub in any species of the genus Magnolia, many with large flowers and simple leaves.
2. The flower of a magnolia tree.
3. A native or resident of the American state of Mississippi.
4. A creamy white colour, like that of some magnolia flowers.

Translations

Adjective

magnolia (not comparable)

1. Of a creamy white colour, like that of some magnolia flowers.

See also

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin magnolia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?x?no?.li.a?/
• Hyphenation: mag?no?li?a

Noun

magnolia f (plural magnolia's)

1. magnolia, tree or shrub of the genus Magnolia.

   Synonyms: beverboom, tulpenboom

Finnish

Noun

magnolia

1. magnolia (tree, flower)

Declension

Derived terms

• magnoliankukka
• magnoliaöljy

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.??.lja/

Etymology

From translingual Magnolia, from New Latin magnolia, from French Magnol+Latin -ia.

Noun

magnolia m (plural magnolias)

1. magnolia (tree, flower)

Further reading

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

Galician

Pronunciation

Noun

magnolia f (plural magnolias)

1. magnolia (tree, flower)

Further reading

• “magnolia” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma????.lja/

Noun

magnolia f (plural magnolie)

1. magnolia

Anagrams

• lagniamo
• mangialo

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English magnolia.

Noun

magnolia m (plural magnolias)

1. (Jersey) magnolia (tree, flower)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Named after French botanist Pierre Magnol (1638-1715).

Noun

magnolia m (definite singular magnoliaen, indefinite plural magnoliaer, definite plural magnoliaene)

1. a magnolia (flowering tree)

References

• “magnolia” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after French botanist Pierre Magnol (1638-1715).

Noun

magnolia m (definite singular magnoliaen, indefinite plural magnoliaer or magnoliaar, definite plural magnoliaene or magnoliaane)

1. a magnolia (flowering tree)

References

• “magnolia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From French magnolia. Named after French botanist Pierre Magnol (1638–1715).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma??n?.l?a/

Noun

magnolia f

1. magnolia (tree of the genus Magnolia)

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, Canada, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?bæz.?l/
  • Rhymes: -æz?l
  • Homophone: Basil
• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /?be?.z?l/
  • Rhymes: -e?z?l

Etymology 1

From Old French basile, from Medieval Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek ????????? (basilikón, “royal”), from ???????? (basileús, “king”).

Noun

basil (usually uncountable, plural basils)

1. A plant (Ocimum basilicum).
2. The leaves of this plant used as a herb.
3. Any other species in the genus Ocimum.

Synonyms

• (plant): albahaca, St. Joseph's wort, sweet basil

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• basil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ocimum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ocimum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

Variant of bezel.

Noun

basil (plural basils)

1. The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away.
   • 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises

     apply it to the Basil of your Iron, in such a Position, that it may bear upon the whole breadth of the Basil ; and so working the Stone over the Basil , you will quickly wear the courser grating

Verb

basil (third-person singular simple present basils, present participle basilling, simple past and past participle basilled)

1. (transitive) To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle.

Synonyms

• bevel, sharpen

Etymology 3

Corrupted from English basan, from French basane, from Late Latin basanium, from Arabic ???????? (bi??na, “lining”).

Noun

basil (plural basils)

1. The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.

Synonyms

• basan, bazil

Anagrams

• Bails, Blais, Salib, bails, labis, sabil

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch bacil, from French bacille, from German Bazillus or translingual Bacillus, coined by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bas?l]
• Hyphenation: ba?sil

Noun

basil

1. bacillus

Etymology 2

From English basil, from Old French basile, from Medieval Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek ????????? (basilikón, “royal”), from ???????? (basileús, “king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bas?l]
• Hyphenation: ba?sil

Noun

basil

1. basil

Further reading

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