Basque

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English

Etymology

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

• (UK, US) enPR: bask, IPA: /bæsk/, SAMPA: /b{sk/
• Homophone: bask

Proper noun

Basque

1. The language of the Basque people.

Derived terms

• Basque Country

Translations

language

Albanian: baske (sq) Arabic: الباسك (ar) (al-baask) m. Armenian: բասկերեն (hy) (baskeren) Basque: euskara (eu), euskera (eu) Breton: euskareg m. Catalan: basc m., èuscar m. Chinese: Mandarin: 巴斯克語 (cmn), 巴斯克语 (cmn) (Bāsīkèyǔ) Croatian: bȁskījskī jèzik (hr) m., baskijski (hr) m. Czech: baskičtina (cs) f. Danish: baskisk (da) Dutch: Baskisch (nl) n. Esperanto: eŭska lingvo (eo) (preferred), vaska lingvo (eo) Finnish: baski, baskin kieli French: basque (fr) m. German: Baskisch (de) n. Hungarian: baszk (hu) Icelandic: baskneska (is) f., baskamál (is) n.

Interlingua: basco (ia) Italian: basco (it) m. Japanese: バスク語 (ja) (Basuku-go) Korean: 바스크어 (ko) (Baseukeu-eo) Latvian: basku valoda f. Limburgish: Baskisj (li) n. Navajo: Basque Dineʼé bizaad Norwegian: baskisk (no) Persian: باسکی (Baski), باسکی (fa) (Baski) Polish: baskijski (pl) m. Portuguese: basco (pt) m. Romanian: limba bască (ro) f., bască (ro) f. Russian: баскский язык (ru) (báskskij jazýk) m., баскский (ru) (báskskij) 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) West Frisian: Baskysk

Noun

Basque (plural Basques)

1. A member of a people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay in France and Spain.

Translations

member of a people

Albanian: bask (sq) Armenian: բասկ (bask) Basque: euskaldun (eu) Breton: Euskariz pl. Catalan: basc m., basca f. Chinese: Mandarin: 巴斯克人 (cmn) (Bāsīkèrén) Croatian: Bȁsk (hr) m., Bȁskījka (hr) f. Czech: Bask (cs) m. Danish: basker (da) c. Dutch: Bask (nl) m., Baskische (nl) f. Esperanto: eŭsko (eo) (preferred), vasko (eo) Finnish: baski (fi) French: Basque (fr) m. and f. Galician: vasco (gl) m., vasca (gl) f. German: Baske (de) m., Baskin (de) f.

Hungarian: baszk (hu) Icelandic: Baski (is) m. Interlingua: basco Italian: basco (it) m. Japanese: バスク人 (Basuku jin) Latvian: basks (lv) m. Norwegian: basker (no) Persian: باسک (Bask) Polish: Bask (pl) m., Baskijka (pl) f. Portuguese: basco (pt) m. Russian: баск (ru) (bask) m., басконка (ru) (baskónka) f. Slovene: Bask m., Baskinja f. Spanish: vasco (es) m., vasca (es) f. Swedish: bask (sv) m., baskiska (sv) f. West Frisian: Bask m., Baskyske f.

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Breton: Euskarad m. Romanian: basca

Adjective

Basque (not comparable)

1. Relative to the Basque people or their language.

Translations

relative to the Basque people or their language

Basque: euskal (eu) Breton: (people): euskarat; (language): euskarek (br) Catalan: basc Chinese: Mandarin: 巴斯克的 (zh) (Bāsīkè de) Croatian: bȁskījskī (hr) Czech: baskický (cs) Danish: baskisk (da) Dutch: Baskisch (nl) Esperanto: (people): eŭska (eo) (preferred), vaska (eo); (language): eŭsklingva (eo) (preferred), vasklingva (eo) Finnish: (people): baskilainen, baski-; (language): baskinkielinen (fi) French: basque (fr) Galician: vasco (gl)

German: baskisch (de) Hungarian: baszk (hu) Icelandic: baskneskur (is) Italian: basco (it) m. Japanese: バスクの (basuku no), バスク人の (basuku-jin no) Latvian: basku Polish: baskijski (pl) m. Portuguese: basco (pt) Russian: баскский (ru) (báskskij), басконский (ru) (baskónskij) Slovene: baskovski m., baskovska f., baskovsko n. Spanish: vasco (es) Swedish: baskisk (sv), compounds with bask (sv) West Frisian: Baskysk

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Interlingua: basc

Persian: باسکی (baski)

See also

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

External links

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