Basque

See also: basque

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French basque, from Gascon Occitan basc, from Latin Vascō, Vascōnēs pl, a pre-roman era tribe settled in the atlantic Biscaian gulf and Pyrenean mountain region of south-western Europe, who were ancestors of the current Basque population. Vasco was originally pronounced wasko, which makes it possible that it was related to such words as Ausci and euskera. Cognate to Gascon; see Gascony for details.

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɑːsk/
  • (UK, US) enPR: bask, IPA(key): /bæsk/
    • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Homophone: bask
  • Rhymes: -æsk

Noun

Basque (plural Basques)

  1. A member of a cultural and ethnic people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.

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Proper noun

Basque

  1. The language of the Basque people.
    Synonyms: Euskara, Uskara

Derived terms

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Adjective

Basque (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the Basque people or their language.

Derived terms

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See also
  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Basque terms
  • Appendix:Basque Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Basque

Further reading

French

Etymology

See basque.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bask/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Basque m or f by sense (plural Basques)

  1. Basque (person of either gender)
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