Basque - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)
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Wiktionary
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.
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɑːsk/, /bæsk/
- (General American) enPR: bask, IPA(key): /bæsk/
- Homophones: bask, basque
- Rhymes: -æsk
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.
- → Welsh: Basg
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
- 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
- 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
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[1], 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.
- 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN[1], archived from the original on 22 March 2022:
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
- 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)
Basque (not comparable)
- Relating to the Basque people or their language.
relating to the Basque people or their language
Bulgarian: баски (baski)
Esperanto: (people): eŭska (eo) (preferred), vaska; (language): eŭsklingva (preferred), vasklingva
Finnish: baskilainen (fi) (people), baskinkielinen (fi) (language)
Icelandic: baskneskur
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)
Russian: ба́скский (ru) (báskskij), баско́нский (ru) (baskónskij)
Spanish: vasco (es), euskera (es), vascongado (es), eusquérico (es), éuskaro, euskaro, vascuence (es), euskaldún, euskalduna, vascohablante (es), vascoparlante (es)
Welsh: Basgaidd
Appendix:Basque Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Basque
Ethnologue entry for Basque, eus
See basque.
Basque m or f by sense (plural Basques)
- Basque (person of either gender)