Basque

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Basque

Wikipedia

Basque edition of Wiktionary

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɑːsk/
• (UK, General American) enPR: bask, IPA^(key): /bæsk/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophones: bask, basque
• 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.

Descendants

• → Welsh: Basg

Translations

member of a people

Afrikaans: Bask Albanian: bask (sq) Arabic: بَاسْكِيّ m (bāskiyy) Armenian: բասկ (hy) (bask) Asturian: vascu (ast) m, vasca (ast) f Basque: euskaldun (eu) Breton: Euskariz (br) 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 Sicilian: vascu m, vascuni m Slovak: Bask m, Baskička f Slovene: Bask (sl) m, Baskinja f Spanish: vasco (es) m, vasca (es) f Swedish: bask (sv) m, baskiska (sv) f Turkish: Bask (tr) Welsh: Basg m or f, Basgiad m or f West Frisian: Bask (fy) m, Baskyske (fy) f

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

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

Proper noun

Basque

1. The language of the Basque people.

   Synonyms: Euskara, Uskara

   • 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN‎:

     If you like a challenge, try Hungarian. It’s like no other European language you’ve heard, except maybe Basque.

Derived terms

• Basque Country
• Basque Shepherd Dog
• Proto-Basque

Translations

language

Afrikaans: Baskies (af) Albanian: baske, baskishte (sq) f 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), ეუსკარული (eusḳaruli) (rarer), ეუსკარული ენა (eusḳaruli ena) (rarer) 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 Slovak: baskičtina f 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 (cy) 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 (br) (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), ბასკეთის (basḳetis) 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 Marathi: बास्क (bāska) 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) Welsh: Basgaidd 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 ⁠

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)