Borrowed from French basque, from Gascon Occitan basc, from Latin Vascō, Vascōnēs pl, 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.
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Basque (plural Basques)
- A member of a people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay in 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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Proper noun
Basque
- The language of the Basque people.
- Synonyms: Euskara, Uskara
Derived terms
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 (zh), 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)
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Adjective
Basque (not comparable)
- Relating to the Basque people or their language.
Derived terms
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)
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See also
Further reading
French
Etymology
See basque.
Pronunciation
Noun
Basque m or f by sense (plural Basques)
- Basque (person of either gender)
