Meanings
nounbasic form (plural basic forms)
plural basic forms
- The uninflected form of a word used as a dictionary entry.
Synonyms: base form, canonical form, citation form, dictionary form, headword, lemma
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe uninflected form of a word used as a dictionary entry.
Translations
Arabic لِيمَّا
- لِيمَّا (līmmā)the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
Danish grundform
- grundformthe basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
Finnish perusmuoto
- perusmuotothe basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
Hungarian szótári alak
- szótári alakthe basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
Japanese 基本形
- 基本形 (kihonkei)the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
Norwegian Bokmål grunnform
- grunnformthe basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
Persian بنواژه
- بنواژه (bon-vâže)the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
Polish forma słownikowa, lemma
- forma słownikowathe basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
- lemmathe basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
- lemmatthe basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
- hasłothe basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
Russian начальная форма слова, лемма
- начальная форма слова (načalʹnaja forma slova)the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
- лемма (lemma)the basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
Swedish uppslagsord, grundform
- uppslagsordthe basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
- grundformthe basic form of a word used as a dictionary entry
Cite this entry
APA
basic form. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basic%20form
MLA
“basic form.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basic%20form. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “basic form,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/basic%20form.
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