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basement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbeɪsmənt/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English base Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English basement From base + -ment.

Meanings

1. A floor of a building below ground level.
   • Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear. 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter III (Accessory After the Fact), page 382, column 1:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) A floor of a building below ground level. ▸ Ellipsis of semi-basement, a floor mostly below grade
   alt of semi-basement
3. A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.
4. (informal) Last place in a sports conference's standings.

Forms

Deriveds

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

Translations (143)

nn kjellar (floor below ground level) · et kelder (floor below ground level) · oc sòtol (floor below ground level) · ckb ژێرزەوی (floor below ground level) · sl klet (floor below ground level) · sh pòdrum (floor below ground level) · ka სარდაფი (floor below ground level) · be падва́л (floor below ground level) · ast soterrañu (floor below ground level) · uk пивни́ця (floor below ground level) · pl piwnica (floor below ground level) · ar بَدْرُون (floor below ground level) · acw بدروم (floor below ground level) · it seminterrato (floor below ground level) · eo kelo (floor below ground level) · gur tɩntɩndeo (floor below ground level) · ka სარდაფის სართული (floor below ground level) · ja 地下室 (floor below ground level) · cs krystalinikum (mass of rock) · zdj fidji (floor below ground level) · fi kellarikerros (floor below ground level) · ka მიწისქვეშა სართული (floor below ground level) · ca soterrani (floor below ground level) · bg дъ́но (last place) · nn grunnfjell (mass of rock) · de Untergeschoss (floor below ground level) · mt kantina (floor below ground level) · tl silong (floor below ground level) · id basemen (floor below ground level) · bg сутере́н (floor below ground level) · sq qilar (floor below ground level) · fo kjallari (floor below ground level) · ar بَدْرُوم (floor below ground level) · ko 지하실 (floor below ground level) · af kelder (floor below ground level) · fi jumbosija (last place) · cmn 地下室 (floor below ground level) · de Grundgebirge (mass of rock) · fa-ira زیرْزَمین (floor below ground level) · pt embasamento (mass of rock) · de Keller (floor below ground level) · el υπόγειο (floor below ground level) · ur تَہْ خانَہ (floor below ground level) · cmn 最後名 /最后名 (last place) · ro pivniță (floor below ground level) · ky жертөлө (floor below ground level) · eu soto (floor below ground level) · ga íoslach (floor below ground level) · fr cave (floor below ground level) · rm sochel (mass of rock) · cs suterén (floor below ground level) · is kjallari (floor below ground level) · lt rūsys (floor below ground level) · fa-ira تَهخانِه (floor below ground level) · ru подва́льный эта́ж (floor below ground level) · it scantinato (floor below ground level) · vi tầng hầm (floor below ground level) · oc cava (floor below ground level) · es sótano (floor below ground level) · ka შენობის საძირკველი (floor below ground level) · az evaltı (floor below ground level) · ota پودروم (floor below ground level) · fo kjallarahædd (floor below ground level) · fi peruskallio (mass of rock) · sq bodrum (floor below ground level) · ota كنج (floor below ground level) · be склеп (floor below ground level) · az zirzəmi (floor below ground level) · prs زیرْزَمِین (floor below ground level) · jv ngisor (floor below ground level) · cs sklep (floor below ground level) · bg подзе́мно ниво́ (floor below ground level) · be сутарэ́нне (floor below ground level) · sv urberg (mass of rock) · kmr bodrûm (floor below ground level) · es béisment (floor below ground level) · fr socle (mass of rock) · izh podvala (floor below ground level) · he מַרְתֵּף (floor below ground level) · da grundfjeld (mass of rock) · uk підва́л (floor below ground level) · sh по̀друм (floor below ground level) · pdt Kjala (floor below ground level) · fr sous-sol (floor below ground level) · pl suteryna (floor below ground level) · be сутарэ́ньне (floor below ground level) · ast suétanu (floor below ground level) · hi तलघर (floor below ground level) · ru подва́л (floor below ground level) · uz podval (floor below ground level) · it basamento (mass of rock) · es zócalo (mass of rock) · hu alagsor (floor below ground level) · kk жертөле (floor below ground level) · ro subsol (floor below ground level) · sv källare (floor below ground level) · ro beci (floor below ground level) · nb grunnfjell (mass of rock) · kmr jêrzemîn (floor below ground level) · arz بدرون (floor below ground level) · chr ᎭᏫᏂ (floor below ground level) · ar قَبْوْ (floor below ground level) · ky подвал (floor below ground level) · gur tẽntẽndeo (floor below ground level) · sh пелница (floor below ground level) · cy baslawr (floor below ground level) · gl soto (floor below ground level) · id bawah tanah (floor below ground level) · pt porão (floor below ground level) · fa-ira سَرْداب (floor below ground level) · prs سَرْدَاب (floor below ground level) · yue 地牢 (floor below ground level) · la basis (floor below ground level) · be піўні́ца (floor below ground level) · uz yertoʻla (floor below ground level) · ka შენობის ფუნდამენტი (floor below ground level) · de Kellergeschoss (floor below ground level) · cy islawr (floor below ground level) · gu ભોંયરું (floor below ground level) · cho aboha anokaka kula (floor below ground level) · ar سِرْدَاب (floor below ground level) · fa-ira تَهْ خانِه (floor below ground level) · fa-ira سَرْدابِه (floor below ground level) · oc sòcle (mass of rock) · pl suterena (floor below ground level) · sh pelnica (floor below ground level) · cmn 基岩 (mass of rock) · eo subetaĝo (floor below ground level) · io basamento (floor below ground level) · da kælder (floor below ground level) · sk suterén (floor below ground level) · oc basament (mass of rock) · hy նկուղ (floor below ground level) · nl kelder (floor below ground level) · mk подрум (floor below ground level) · tr bodrum (floor below ground level) · nb kjeller (floor below ground level) · lv pagrabs (floor below ground level) · acw قَبو (floor below ground level) · pt subsolo (floor below ground level) · mk сутере́н (floor below ground level) · ms bawah tanah (floor below ground level) · az padval (floor below ground level)