English Explanatory Dictionary

basement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A floor of a building below ground level.
  2. Ellipsis of semi-basement, a floor mostly below grade
  3. A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.
  4. Last place in a sports conference's standings.

Pronunciation

/ˈbeɪsmənt/ en-us-basement.ogg

Word forms

basement basements

Etymology

From base + -ment.

Derived words

antiglomerular basement membrane disease bargain basement bargain-basement basement apartment basement battler basement-dweller basement dweller basement-dwelling basemented basementful basementless basementlike basement membrane basementward English basement iceberg basement Michigan basement nonbasement semibasement semi-basement subbasement

Translations

Afrikaans: kelder Albanian: bodrum Albanian: qilar Arabic: قَبْوْ Arabic: سِرْدَاب Arabic: بَدْرُوم Arabic: بَدْرُون Arabic: بدرون Arabic: قَبو Arabic: بدروم Armenian: նկուղ Asturian: suétanu Azerbaijani: zirzəmi Azerbaijani: evaltı Azerbaijani: padval Basque: soto Belarusian: падва́л Belarusian: склеп Belarusian: сутарэ́нне Belarusian: сутарэ́ньне Belarusian: піўні́ца Bulgarian: сутере́н Bulgarian: подзе́мно ниво́ Catalan: soterrani Cherokee: ᎭᏫᏂ Chinese Cantonese: 地牢 Chinese Mandarin: 地下室 Choctaw: aboha anokaka kula Ngazidja Comorian: fidji Czech: suterén Czech: sklep Danish: kælder Dutch: kelder Esperanto: kelo Esperanto: subetaĝo Estonian: kelder Farefare: tɩntɩndeo Farefare: tẽntẽndeo Faroese: kjallari Faroese: kjallarahædd Finnish: kellarikerros French: sous-sol French: cave Galician: soto Georgian: სარდაფი Georgian: სარდაფის სართული Georgian: მიწისქვეშა სართული Georgian: შენობის საძირკველი Georgian: შენობის ფუნდამენტი German: Keller German: Untergeschoss German: Kellergeschoss Greek: υπόγειο Gujarati: ભોંયરું Hebrew: מַרְתֵּף Hindi: तलघर Hungarian: alagsor Icelandic: kjallari Ido: basamento Indonesian: bawah tanah Indonesian: basemen Ingrian: podvala Irish: íoslach Italian: scantinato Italian: seminterrato Japanese: 地下室 Javanese: ngisor
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