Basque

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English

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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

• (UK, US) enPR: bask, IPA: /bæsk/
• Homophone: bask
• Rhymes: -æsk

Proper noun

Basque

1. The language of the Basque people.

Derived terms

• Basque Country

Translations

language

• Afrikaans: Baskies (af)
• Albanian: baske (sq)
• Arabic: الباسك (ar) (al-baask) m, (archaic) البشكنس (ar) (al bashkans) f
• Armenian: բասկերեն (hy) (baskeren)
• Asturian: vascu (ast) m
• 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)

• Czech: baskičtina (cs) f
• Danish: baskisk (da)
• Dutch: Baskisch (nl) n
• Esperanto: eŭska lingvo (eo) (preferred), vaska lingvo (eo)
• Estonian: baski keel (et)
• Finnish: baski (fi), baskin kieli (fi)
• French: basque (fr) m
• Galician: vasco (gl) m, éuscaro (gl) 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)
• Jèrriais: Bastchais m
• Korean: 바스크어 (ko) (Baseukeu-eo)
• Latvian: basku valoda f
• Limburgish: Baskisj (li) n
• Marathi: बास्क (mr) (bāska) f
• Navajo: Dibé Ndeiniłkaadí Dineʼé bizaad
• Norwegian: baskisk (no)
• Persian: باسکی (fa) (Baski)
• Polish: baskijski (pl) m
• Portuguese: basco (pt) m, vasconço (pt) m
• Romanian: limba bască (ro) f, bască (ro) f
• Russian: баскский язык (ru) (báskskij jazýk) m, баскский (ru) (báskskij) m
• Serbo-Croatian: bȁskījskī jèzik (sh) 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)
• 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

• Afrikaans: Bask (af)
• Albanian: bask (sq)
• Armenian: բասկ (bask)
• Asturian: vascu (ast) m
• Basque: euskaldun (eu)
• Breton: Euskariz pl
• Catalan: basc m, basca f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴斯克人 (cmn) (Bāsīkèrén)

• 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)
• Jèrriais: Bastchais m, Bastchaise f
• Latvian: basks (lv) m
• Marathi: बास्क (mr) (bāska)
• 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
• Serbo-Croatian: Bȁsk (sh) m, Bȁskījka (sh) 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

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 Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• 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

• Afrikaans: Baskies (af)
• Asturian: vascu (ast)
• Basque: euskal (eu)
• Breton: (people): euskarat; (language): euskarek (br)
• Catalan: basc
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴斯克的 (cmn) (Bāsīkè de)

• 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), éuscaro (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)
• Jèrriais: Bastchais
• Latvian: basku
• Polish: baskijski (pl) m
• Portuguese: basco (pt)
• Russian: баскский (ru) (báskskij), басконский (ru) (baskónskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: bȁskījskī (sh)
• Slovene: baskovski
• Spanish: vasco (es)
• Swedish: baskisk (sv), compounds with bask (sv)
• West Frisian: Baskysk

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 Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• 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
• Ethnologue entry for Basque, eu