basophile
French, noun/ba.zɔ.fil/
basophile is spelled B-A-S-O-P-H-I-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written French, the 226,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Basophile is a French masculine noun meaning “basophil (cell)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cellule qui a une affinité pour les colorants basiques”.
What does basophile mean in English?
adjective
- 1
basophilic
noun
- 1
masculinebasophil (cell)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a une affinité pour les colorants basiques.
noun: 1. Cellule qui a une affinité pour les colorants basiques.
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 basophile
- basophiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce basophile?
- /ba.zɔ.fil/
- /bɑ.zɔ.fil/
- \ba.zɔ.fil\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to basophile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is basophile in French?
basophile appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).