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語源

Borrowing from New Latin basilāris, irregularly from basis (“a pedestal, foot, base”) +‎ -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); or from French basilaire, from base (“base, basis”) +‎ -aire (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix), in the pattern of cimbalaire (“cymbal-shaped”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbas.ɪl.ə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈbæz.əl.ɚ/, /ˈbæs.əl.ɚ/, /ˈbeɪ.zəl.ɚ/, /ˈbeɪ.səl.ɚ/
• 韻: -æsɪlə(ɹ), -æzɪlə(ɹ)

形容詞

basilar (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, relational) Of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or an organ of Corti.
2. Lower, inferior, base.
   • 1883, Henry Ward Beecher, “What is the Bible?”, in Plymouth Pulpit: A Weekly Publication of Sermons Preached by Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church Brooklyn‎, volume 6, number 17, page 343:

     […] that which he has in common with the lion, the cow and the horse—namely, the basilar instincts and appetites that in the animal creation constitute the whole.

同意語

• basal

派生語

参照

• “basilar”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “basilar”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.