Wikipedia:Basic English international wordlist

This is a list of Basic English "international" words in alphabetical order. These words are similar in many Western languages, are used in diplomacy or schools, or are international standards.

This page is a list of words that come from a specific source and should not be changed.
Please do not add new items or make casual updates to it, unless you are correcting it to match its original source.


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balletBangbankbarbeefbeerBiologybomb

cafecalendarcatarrhcenti-champagnechauffeurchemistChemistrycheckchocolatechoruscigarettecircuscitronclubcoffeecocktailcognacCollegecolony

danceDecemberdeci-degreeDominiondynamite

eightelectricityelevenEmbassyEmpireencyclopediaengineer

FebruaryfifteenfifthfiftyfivefourfourteenfourthfortyFriday

gasGeographyGeologyGeometrygramglycerin

halfHisshotelhundredhyenahygienehysteria

Imperialinfernoinfluenzainternational

JanuaryjazzJulyJune

kilo-King

latitudelavalitre/literliqueurlongitude

macaronimadammagneticmalariamaniaMarchMathematicsMaymetre/meterMewmicro-microscopemilli-millionminuteMondayMuseum

neutronnickelnicotinenineNovember

Octoberoliveonceomeletoneoperaopiumorchestraorganism

pyjamas/pajamasparaffinparadiseparkpassportpatentpenguinpetroleumphonographPhysicsPhysiologypianoplatinumpolicepostpotashPresidentPrincePrincessprogrampropagandaPsychologyPurrpyramid

QuackquarterQueenquinine

radioradiumreferendumrestaurantrheumatismRoyalrum

saladsardineSaturdaysecondSeptemberserumsevensirsixsixteensportSunday

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university

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Wednesdaywhisky

zebrazincZoology

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