Basque

See also: basque

English

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/, /bæsk/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /bɑːsk/, /bask/

  • Audio (Southern England); [bask]:

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• (General American) enPR: bask, IPA^(key): /bæsk/
• (Northern England, Scotland) IPA^(key): /bask/
• 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.
   • 2015 April 29, Ashifa Kassam, “Basques safe in Iceland as district repeals decree to kill them on sight”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 28 August 2020:

     Basques wanting to visit the dramatic fjords of north-western Iceland need no longer hesitate after the district of Westfjords repealed a 400-year-old decree to kill any Basque caught in the area on sight. […] The brewing conflict between locals and the whalers prompted then-sheriff Ari Magnússon to draw up a decree that allowed Basques to be killed with impunity in the district.

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
• Bulgarian: баск m (bask)
• 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
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Bask (fy) m, Baskyske (fy) 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 (ja) (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
• Romanian: basc (ro) m
• 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, vascongado (es) m, vascuence (es) m or f, euscaldún m, vascoparlante (es) m or f, vascohablante (es) m or f
• Swedish: bask (sv) m, baskiska (sv) f
• Turkish: Bask (tr)
• Welsh: Basg m or f, Basgiad m or 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^[2], archived from the original on 22 March 2022:

     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
• Bulgarian: ба́ски ези́к m (báski ezík), ба́ски m (báski)
• Catalan: basc (ca) m, èuscar (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᏆᏍᎨ (quasge)
• 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
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Baskysk (fy)

• 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 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, éuskaro m, euskaro m, euskara (es) m, éuskara m
• Swedish: baskiska (sv) c
• Turkish: Baskça (tr)
• Welsh: Basgeg (cy)

Adjective

Basque (not comparable)

1. Relating to the Basque people or their language.
   • 2015 April 29, Ashifa Kassam, “Basques safe in Iceland as district repeals decree to kill them on sight”, in The Guardian‎^[3], archived from the original on 28 August 2020:

     The edict was issued in 1615 after a storm destroyed three Basque whaling vessels on an expedition in Iceland.

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
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Baskysk (fy)

• 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), vascongado (es), eusquérico (es), éuskaro, euskaro, vascuence (es), euskaldún, euskalduna, vascohablante (es), vascoparlante (es)
• Swedish: baskisk (sv), compounds with bask (sv)
• Turkish: Bask (tr)
• Welsh: Basgaidd

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)