basilique

Borrowed from (Medieval) Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ). Compare the inherited doublet basoche.

• IPA^(key): /ba.zi.lik/

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basilique f (plural basiliques)

1. (Antiquity) covered building, Civil reunion place open to the public
2. (Christianity) place of Christian prayer, consecrated by decision from the Vatican

(place of christian prayer): basilica

• “basilique” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from Latin basiliscus, from Ancient Greek βασιλίσκος (basilískos).

basilique m (oblique plural basiliques, nominative singular basiliques, nominative plural basilique)

1. basilisk (legendary reptile)
2. basil (herb)

• English: basilisk (borrowed)
• French: basilic

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (basilic, supplement)