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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French Basque, from Gascon Occitan basc, from Latin Vascō, Vascōnēs pl, a pre-Roman tribal population inhabiting the Atlantic coast of the Bay of Biscay and the Pyrenean region of southwestern Europe, ancestral to the Basque population of the present day.
Pronunciation
Noun
Basque (plural Basques)
- A member of a cultural and ethnic people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.
2011 October 20, Associated Press, “Basque group ETA declares end to violent campaign”, in CBC News[1], archived from the original on 16 July 2025:But in more recent times [ETA] has been decimated by arrests and weakening support from Basques with little stomach for terrorism after Sept. 11 and the Madrid train bombings of 2004 by Islamic militants.
2015 April 29, Ashifa Kassam, “Basques safe in Iceland as district repeals decree to kill them on sight”, in The Guardian[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, 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wanting to visit the dramatic fjords of north-western Iceland need no longer hesitate after the district of Westfjords repealed a 400-year-old decree to kill any Basque caught in the area on sight.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.
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Descendants
Translations
member of a people
- Afrikaans: Bask
- Albanian: bask (sq)
- Arabic: بَاسْكِيّ m (bāskiyy), بَاسْكِيَّة (ar) f (bāskiyya)
- 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:
- Iranian Persian: باسْک (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
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Translations to be checked Adjective
Basque (not comparable)
- 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], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, 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
Translations
relating to the Basque people or their language
- Afrikaans: Baskies (af)
- Arabic: بَاسْكِيّ (bāskiyy)
- 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)
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: باسْکی (fa) (bâski)
- 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
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Translations to be checked Proper noun
Basque
- 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[4], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, 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
Translations
language
- Afrikaans: Baskies (af)
- Albanian: baske, baskishte (sq) f
- Arabic: اللُّغَة الْبَاسْكِيَّة f (al-luḡa l-bāskiyya), الْبَاسْكِيَّة f (al-bāskiyya)
- 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)
- Kazakh: баск тілі (bask tili)
- 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:
- Iranian Persian: زَبانِ باسْکی (zabân-e bâski), باسْکی (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)
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Further reading
French
Etymology
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
Noun
Basque m or f by sense (plural Basques)
- Basque (person of either gender)
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