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base

French, noun

base is spelled B-A-S-E (4 letters) and appears 200 times per million words in written French, the 411th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Base is a French feminine noun meaning “base (bottom part of something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, basé is a different word: “based”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Partie inférieure d’un corps quelconque qui lui sert de soutien”.

What does base mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebase (bottom part of something)

  2. 2

    femininebase (safe place)

  3. 3

    femininebase, basis (fundamental belief)

  4. 4

    femininebase

adjective

as basé
  1. 1

    based

verb

as basé
  1. 1

    past participle of baser

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Partie inférieure d’un corps quelconque qui lui sert de soutien. 2. Ce qui soutient le fût de la colonne. 3. Désigne le piédestal d’une colonne surtout quand il est d’un émail différent de la colonne. 4. Surface sur laquelle on conçoit que certains corps solides sont appuyés.

adjective: 1. Installé de manière stable dans une zone déterminée.

adjective: 1. Louable et admirable, souvent en exprimant un point de vue controversé.

interjection: 1. Se dit d’une opinion louable et admirable, souvent en exprimant un point de vue controversé.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of base

  • bases plural
  • basée feminine
  • basés masculine plural
  • basées feminine plural
  • based
  • bazed

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to base

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is base in French?

base appears 200 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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