basilical
French, adjective/ba.zi.li.kal/
basilical is spelled B-A-S-I-L-I-C-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 190,022nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Basilical is a French adjective meaning “basilican” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à une basilique”.
What does basilical mean in English?
adjective
- 1
basilican
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à une basilique.
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 basilical
- basilicale feminine
- basilicaux masculine plural
- basilicales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce basilical?
- /ba.zi.li.kal/
- \ba.zi.li.kal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is basilical in French?
basilical appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).