basilique
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ). Compare the inherited doublet basoche.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
basilique f (plural basiliques)
- (Antiquity) covered building, Civil reunion place open to the public
- (architecture) a Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory
- a Roman Catholic church or cathedral with basilican status, an honorific status granted by the pope to recognize its historical, architectural, or sacramental importance
Synonyms edit
- (place of christian prayer): basilica
Further reading edit
- “basilique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos).
Noun edit
basilique oblique singular, m (oblique plural basiliques, nominative singular basiliques, nominative plural basilique)
Descendants edit
- → Middle English: basilicke, basilisk, basiliske, basylyk, basylyke
- English: basilisk
- French: basilic
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (basilic, supplement)