Basque

See also: basque

English

Etymology

French basque (“Basque”), from Latin 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

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɑːsk/
(UK, US) enPR: bask, IPA^(key): /bæsk/
Homophone: bask
Rhymes: -æsk

Proper noun

Basque

The language of the Basque people.

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 m
Catalan: basc (ca) m, èuscar m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巴斯克語 (zh), 巴斯克语 (zh) (Bāsīkèyǔ)
Czech: baskičtina (cs) f
Danish: baskisk (da)
Dutch: Baskisch (nl) n
Esperanto: eŭska lingvo (preferred), vaska lingvo
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
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 (li) n
Marathi: बास्क f (bāska)
Navajo: Dibé Ndeiniłkaadí Dineʼé bizaad
Nepali: बास्क (bāska)
Norman: Bastchais m (Jersey)
Norwegian: baskisk (no)
Persian: باسکی‎‎ (fa) (Baski)
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
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)

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
Basque: euskaldun (eu)
Breton: Euskariz pl
Catalan: basc (ca) m, basca (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巴斯克人 (zh) (Bāsīkèrén)
Czech: Bask m
Danish: basker (da) c
Dutch: Bask (nl) m, Baskische (nl) f
Esperanto: eŭsko (preferred), vasko
Faroese: baski m, baskari m
Finnish: baski (fi)
French: Basque (fr) m, f
Galician: vasco (gl) m, vasca f
Georgian: ბასკი (basḳi)
German: Baske (de) m, Baskin f
Hungarian: baszk (hu)

Icelandic: Baski m
Interlingua: basco
Irish: Bascach m
Italian: basco (it) m
Japanese: バスク人 (Basuku jin)
Latvian: basks m
Marathi: बास्क (bāska)
Norman: Bastchais m (Jersey), Bastchaise f (Jersey)
Norwegian: basker
Persian: باسک‎‎ (fa) (Bask)
Polish: Bask (pl) m, Baskijka (pl) f
Portuguese: basco (pt) m
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
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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Breton: ^{(please verify)} Euskarad m

Romanian: ^{(please verify)} basca

Adjective

Basque (not comparable)

Relative to the Basque people or their language.

Derived terms

Basqueness

Translations

relative 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: (people): baskilainen, baski-; (language): baskinkielinen (fi)
French: basque (fr) m, f, basquaise (fr) f
Galician: vasco (gl), éuscaro (gl)
Georgian: ბასკური (basḳuri)
German: baskisch (de)
Greek: βασκική (vaskikí)

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) m
Portuguese: basco (pt)
Russian: ба́скский (ru) (báskskij), баско́нский (ru) (baskónskij)
Serbo-Croatian: bȁskījskī (sh)
Slovene: baskovski (sl)
Spanish: vasco (es), euskera (es) m
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, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} basc

Persian: ^{(please verify)} باسکی‎‎ (fa) (baski)

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bask/
Audio (file)

Noun

Basque m, f (plural Basques)

Basque (person of either gender)

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Basque

English

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Noun

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Adjective

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Further reading

French

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