Basque

See also: basque

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French basque (“Basque”), from Latin Vasco, from 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

• IPA^(key): /bɑːsk/
• enPR: bask, IPA^(key): /bæsk/
• Homophone: bask
• Rhymes: -æsk

Noun

Basque (countable and uncountable, plural Basques)

1. (uncountable) The language of the Basque people.
2. (countable) A member of a people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay in France and Spain.

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 (br) m
• Catalan: basc (ca) m, èuscar m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴斯克語／巴斯克语 (zh) (Bāsīkèyǔ), 巴斯克语 (zh) (Bāsīkèyǔ)

• 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
• Hungarian: baszk (hu)
• Icelandic: baskneska (is) f, baskamál n
• Interlingua: basco
• Interlingue:
• Irish: Bascais f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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:

  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
• 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)

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) (Bāsīkèrén)

• 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 f
• Hungarian: baszk (hu)
• Icelandic: Baski m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingua: basco
• Interlingue:
• 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
• 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. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Breton: ^{(please verify)} Euskarad (br) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} basca

Adjective

Basque (not comparable)

1. 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: 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: βασκική (vaskikí)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hindi: बास्क (hi) (bāsk)
• Hungarian: baszk (hu)
• Icelandic: baskneskur
• Interlingue:
• 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. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} basc
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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

• (international standards) language code for [[w:ISO 639:Basque|]].

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French

Etymology

See basque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bask/

• Audio:

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Noun

Basque m or f (plural Basques)

1. Basque (person of either gender)