Basque
See also: basque
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɑːsk/
- (UK, General American) enPR: bask, IPA(key): /bæsk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Homophones: bask, basque
- Rhymes: -æsk
Noun
editBasque (plural Basques)
- A member of a cultural and ethnic people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.
Descendants
edit- → Welsh: Basg
Translations
editmember of a people
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Proper noun
editBasque
Derived terms
editTranslations
editlanguage
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Adjective
editBasque (not comparable)
- Relating to the Basque people or their language.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editrelating to the Basque people or their language
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Translations to be checked
See also
edit- Wiktionary's coverage of Basque terms
- Appendix:Basque Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Basque
Further reading
edit- ISO 639-1 code eu, ISO 639-3 code eus (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Basque, eus
French
editEtymology
editSee basque.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editBasque m or f by sense (plural Basques)
- Basque (person of either gender)
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