Basque

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/

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• 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.

Translations

member of a people

Afrikaans: Bask Albanian: bask (sq) Armenian: բասկ (hy) (bask) Asturian: vascu (ast) m, vasca (ast) f Basque: euskaldun (eu) Breton: Euskariz pl Catalan: basc (ca) m, basca (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 巴斯克人 (zh) (Bāsīkè rén) Czech: Bask m Danish: basker (da) c Dutch: Bask (nl) m, Baskische (nl) f Esperanto: eŭsko (male or female) (preferred), eŭskino (female), vasko (male or female), vaskino (female) Faroese: baski m, baskari m Finnish: baski (fi) French: Basque (fr) m or f, Basquais (fr) m, Basquaise (fr) f Galician: vasco (gl) m, vasca f Georgian: ბასკი (basḳi) German: Baske (de) m, Baskin (de) f Greek: Βάσκος (el) m (Váskos) Hungarian: baszk (hu) Icelandic: Baski m Interlingua: basco Irish: Bascach m Italian: basco (it) m, basca (it) f Japanese: バスク人 (Basuku-jin) Latvian: basks m Marathi: बास्क (bāska) Norman: Bastchais m (Jersey), Bastchaise f (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: basker m Nynorsk: baskar m Persian: باسک‎ (fa) (bâsk) Polish: Bask (pl) m, Baskijka (pl) f Portuguese: basco (pt) m, basca (pt) f Russian: баск (ru) m (bask), баско́нка (ru) f (baskónka) Serbo-Croatian: Bȁsk (sh) m, Bȁskījka f Slovak: Bask m, Baskička f Slovene: Bask (sl) m, Baskinja f Sicilian: vascu m, vascuni m Spanish: vasco (es) m, vasca (es) f Swedish: bask (sv) m, baskiska (sv) f Turkish: Bask (tr) West Frisian: Bask (fy) m, Baskyske (fy) f

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Breton: (please verify) Euskarad (br) m Romanian: (please verify) basca

Proper noun

Basque

1. The language of the Basque people.

   Synonyms: Euskara, Uskara

Derived terms

• Basque Country

Translations

language

Afrikaans: Baskies (af) Albanian: baske Arabic: الْبَاسْك‎ m (al-bāsk), (archaic) الْبَشْكَنْس‎ f (al-baškans) Armenian: բասկերեն (hy) (baskeren) Asturian: vascu (ast) m Basque: euskara (eu) Belarusian: ба́скская мо́ва f (báskskaja móva), ба́скская f (báskskaja) Breton: euskareg (br) m Catalan: basc (ca) m, èuscar (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 巴斯克語／巴斯克语 (zh) (Bāsīkè yǔ) Cornish: Baskek m Czech: baskičtina (cs) f Danish: baskisk (da) n Dutch: Baskisch (nl) n Esperanto: eŭska lingvo (preferred), la eŭska (clipped form), vaska lingvo, la vaska (clipped form) Estonian: baski keel Finnish: baski (fi), baskin kieli French: basque (fr) m Galician: vasco (gl) m, éuscaro (gl) m Georgian: ბასკური (basḳuri), ბასკური ენა (basḳuri ena) German: Baskisch (de) n Greek: βασκικά (el) n pl (vaskiká) Hungarian: baszk (hu) Icelandic: baskneska (is) f, baskamál n Interlingua: basco Irish: Bascais f Italian: basco (it) m Japanese: バスク語 (ja) (Basuku-go) Korean: 바스크어 (Baseukeu-eo) Latvian: basku valoda f Limburgish: Baskisj n Macedonian: баскиски (baskiski) Marathi: बास्क f (bāska) Navajo: Dibé Ndeiniłkaadí Dineʼé bizaad Nepali: बास्क (bāska) Norman: Bastchais m (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: baskisk (no) m or n Nynorsk: baskisk m Persian: باسکی‎ (fa) (bâski) Polish: baskijski (pl) m Portuguese: basco (pt) m, vasconço (pt) m Romanian: limba bască f, bască (ro) f Russian: ба́скский язы́к (ru) m (báskskij jazýk), ба́скский (ru) m (báskskij) Serbo-Croatian: bȁskījskī jèzik m, baskijski (sh) m Sicilian: vascu m, vascuni m Slovene: baskovščina (sl) f Spanish: vasco (es) m, vascuence (es) m, euskera (es) m, eusquera (es) m Swedish: baskiska (sv) c Turkish: Baskça (tr) Welsh: basgeg West Frisian: Baskysk (fy)

Adjective

Basque (not comparable)

1. Relating to the Basque people or their language.

Derived terms

• Basqueness

Translations

relating to the Basque people or their language

Afrikaans: Baskies (af) Armenian: բասկերեն (hy) (baskeren) Asturian: vascu (ast) Basque: euskal (eu) Breton: euskarat (people), euskarek (language) Bulgarian: баски (baski) Catalan: basc (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 巴斯克的 (zh) (Bāsīkè de) Czech: baskický (cs) Danish: baskisk (da) Dutch: Baskisch (nl) Esperanto: (people): eŭska (eo) (preferred), vaska; (language): eŭsklingva (preferred), vasklingva Finnish: baskilainen (fi) (people), baskinkielinen (fi) (language) French: basque (fr) m or f, basquaise (fr) f Galician: vasco (gl), éuscaro (gl) Georgian: ბასკური (basḳuri) German: baskisch (de) Greek: βασκικός (el) (vaskikós) Hindi: बास्क (hi) (bāsk) Hungarian: baszk (hu) Icelandic: baskneskur Irish: Bascach (people), Bascaise (language) Italian: basco (it) m Japanese: バスクの (basuku no), バスク人の (basuku-jin no), バスク語 (ja) Latin: Vasconicus Latvian: basku Norman: Bastchais (Jersey) Polish: baskijski (pl) Portuguese: basco (pt) Russian: ба́скский (ru) (báskskij), баско́нский (ru) (baskónskij) Serbo-Croatian: bȁskījskī (sh) Slovene: baskovski (sl) Spanish: vasco (es), euskera (es) Swedish: baskisk (sv), compounds with bask (sv) Turkish: Bask (tr) West Frisian: Baskysk (fy)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Interlingua: (please verify) basc Persian: (please verify) باسکی‎ (fa) (bâski)

See also

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

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code eu, ISO 639-3 code eus (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Basque, eus ⁠

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French

Etymology

See basque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bask/

• Audio

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Noun

Basque m or f by sense (plural Basques)

1. Basque (person of either gender)