# basen
## English
### Etymology

From base (adjective) +‎ -en.

### Verb

basen (third-person singular simple present basens, present participle basening, simple past and past participle basened)
* (transitive, intransitive) To make or become base (inferior or unworthy); to lower
** 1897, Sir William Robertson Nicoll, James Macdonell, Journalist, page 186:If I had time I should write a long essay to show how much the political, and the ethical, and the theological teaching of the early Friends has basened that of modern England.
** 1956, Carlin T. Kindilien, American poetry in the eighteen nineties:The Nation, self-immersed, sinks in the mires; It basens to a horde of the unjust.

#### Derived terms

* basening

### Anagrams

* BANES, Banes, Benas, banes, beans, besan, nabes, nesba

## Asturian
### Verb

basen
* third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of basar

## Catalan
### Verb

basen
* third-person plural present indicative of basar

## Dutch
### Etymology 1

From English freebase. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbeːzə(n)/
* Hyphenation: ba‧sen
* Rhymes: -eːzən

#### Verb

basen
* (transitive, intransitive, slang) to inhale or insufflate (heated cocaine)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaːzə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ba‧sen
* Rhymes: -aːzən

#### Noun

basen
* plural of base

## Middle English
### Noun

basen
* Alternative form of basyn

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

basen m
* definite singular of base

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

basen m
* definite singular of base

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bassin, from Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin *baccinus, *baccinum, probably from Gaulish.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.sɛn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -asɛn
* Syllabification: ba‧sen

### Noun

basen m inan (diminutive basenik)
* pool, swimming pool
    Synonym: pływalnia
* tank, basin (a collection point for liquids)
* basin (an area that drains into a larger body of water)
    Synonym: zlewisko
    Hypernym: akwen
    basen oceaniczny ― ocean basin
    basen sedymentacyjny ― sedimentary basin
* (nautical) wet dock
    Synonym: basen portowy
    Hypernym: akwen
* basin, bedpan

#### Derived terms

* basenowy
* suchy basen

#### See also

* dorzecze

### Further reading

* basen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* basen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Verb

basen
* inflection of basar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative

## Swedish
### Noun

basen
* definite singular of bas

### Anagrams

* benas

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA: /ˈbasɛn/
** (North Wales, colloquial) IPA: /ˈbasan/, /ˈbəsɛn/, /ˈbəsan/, /sɛn/, /san/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈbasɛn/
** (South Wales, colloquial) IPA: /ˈbəsɛn/, /sɛn/
* Rhymes: -asɛn

### Verb

basen
* first/third-person plural conditional colloquial of bod

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.