Basque

See also: basque

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French basque (“Basque”), from Latin Vasco, from Vascones, a Roman era tribe in the Franco-Cantabrian region of southern Europe who were ancestors of the current Basque population. Cognate to Gascon; see Gascony for details.

Pronunciation

Noun

Basque (countable and uncountable, plural Basques)

  1. (uncountable) The language of the Basque people.
  2. (countable) A member of a people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay in France and Spain.

Derived terms

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Adjective

Basque (not comparable)

  1. Relative to the Basque people or their language.

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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 (plural Basques)

  1. Basque (person of either gender)
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