Standard Lemma guide

Basque

adj · name · noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /bɑːsk/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /bæsk/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /bɑːsk/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /bask/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: bask
  • General-American: /bæsk/
  • Northern-England, Scotland: /bask/
  • homophone: bask
  • homophone: basque
  • rhymes with -æsk
  • /bæsk/
  • /bɑːsk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: Basque
  • rhymes with -ɑːsk
  • CMU ARPABET: B AE1 S K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to the Basque people or their language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The language of the Basque people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Euskara, Uskara

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of a cultural and ethnic people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A woman's close-fitting bodice, underbodice, or corset having such a feature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: natural language, tongue

7

noun

Meaning 7

a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: European

History

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.

Borrowed from French basque.

Across languages

Translations

222 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Baskies — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Armenian: բասկերեն (baskeren) — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Asturian: vascu — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Basque: euskal — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Breton: euskarat — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Breton: euskarek — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Bulgarian: баски (baski) — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Catalan: basc — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巴斯克的 (Bāsīkè de) — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Czech: baskický — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Danish: baskisk — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Dutch: Baskisch — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Esperanto: eŭska — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Esperanto: vaska — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Esperanto: eŭsklingva — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Esperanto: vasklingva — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Finnish: baskilainen — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Finnish: baskinkielinen — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • French: basque — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • French: basquaise — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • West-Frisian: Baskysk — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Galician: vasco — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Galician: éuscaro — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Georgian: ბასკური (basḳuri) — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Georgian: ბასკეთის (basḳetis) — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • German: baskisch — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Greek: βασκικός (vaskikós) — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Hindi: बास्क (bāsk) — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Hungarian: baszk — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Icelandic: baskneskur — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Irish: Bascach — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Irish: Bascaise — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Italian: basco — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Japanese: バスクの (basuku no) — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Japanese: バスク人の (basuku-jin no) — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Japanese: バスク語 — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Latin: Vasconicus — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Latvian: basku — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Marathi: बास्क (bāska) — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Norman: Bastchais — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Polish: baskijski — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Portuguese: basco — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Russian: ба́скский (báskskij) — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Russian: баско́нский (baskónskij) — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Serbo-Croatian: bȁskījskī — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Slovene: baskovski — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Spanish: vasco — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Spanish: euskera — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Spanish: vascongado — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Spanish: eusquérico — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Spanish: éuskaro — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Spanish: euskaro — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Spanish: vascuence — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Spanish: euskaldún — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Spanish: euskalduna — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Spanish: vascohablante — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Spanish: vascoparlante — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Swedish: baskisk — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Swedish: compounds with bask — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Turkish: Bask — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Welsh: Basgaidd — relating to the Basque people or their language
  • Afrikaans: Baskies — language
  • Albanian: baske — language
  • Albanian: baskishte — language
  • Arabic: الْبَاسْك (al-bāsk) — language
  • Arabic: الْبَشْكَنْس (al-baškans) — language
  • Armenian: բասկերեն (baskeren) — language
  • Asturian: vascu — language
  • Basque: euskara — language
  • Belarusian: ба́скская мо́ва (báskskaja móva) — language
  • Belarusian: ба́скская (báskskaja) — language
  • Breton: euskareg — language
  • Bulgarian: ба́ски ези́к (báski ezík) — language
  • Bulgarian: ба́ски (báski) — language
  • Catalan: basc — language
  • Catalan: èuscar — language
  • Cherokee: ᏆᏍᎨ (quasge) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巴斯克語 /巴斯克语 (Bāsīkè yǔ) — language
  • Cornish: Baskek — language
  • Czech: baskičtina — language
  • Danish: baskisk — language
  • Dutch: Baskisch — language
  • Esperanto: eŭska lingvo — language
  • Esperanto: la eŭska — language
  • Esperanto: vaska lingvo — language
  • Esperanto: la vaska — language
  • Estonian: baski keel — language
  • Finnish: baski — language
  • Finnish: baskin kieli — language
  • French: basque — language
  • West-Frisian: Baskysk — language
  • Galician: vasco — language
  • Galician: éuscaro — language
  • Georgian: ბასკური (basḳuri) — language
  • Georgian: ბასკური ენა (basḳuri ena) — language
  • Georgian: ეუსკარული (eusḳaruli) — language
  • Georgian: ეუსკარული ენა (eusḳaruli ena) — language
  • German: Baskisch — language
  • Greek: βασκικά (vaskiká) — language
  • Hungarian: baszk — language
  • Icelandic: baskneska — language
  • Icelandic: baskamál — language
  • Interlingua: basco — language
  • Irish: Bascais — language
  • Italian: basco — language
  • Japanese: バスク語 (Basuku-go) — language
  • Korean: 바스크어 (Baseukeu-eo) — language
  • Latvian: basku valoda — language
  • Limburgish: Baskisj — language
  • Macedonian: баскиски (baskiski) — language
  • Marathi: बास्क (bāska) — language
  • Navajo: Dibé Ndeiniłkaadí Dineʼé bizaad — language
  • Nepali: बास्क (bāska) — language
  • Norman: Bastchais — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: baskisk — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: baskisk — language
  • Persian: باسکی (bâski) — language
  • Polish: baskijski — language
  • Portuguese: basco — language
  • Portuguese: vasconço — language
  • Romanian: limba bască — language
  • Romanian: bască — language
  • Russian: ба́скский язы́к (báskskij jazýk) — language
  • Russian: ба́скский (báskskij) — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: bȁskījskī jèzik — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: baskijski — language
  • Sicilian: vascu — language
  • Sicilian: vascuni — language
  • Slovak: baskičtina — language
  • Slovene: baskovščina — language
  • Spanish: vasco — language
  • Spanish: vascuence — language
  • Spanish: euskera — language
  • Spanish: eusquera — language
  • Spanish: éuskaro — language
  • Spanish: euskaro — language
  • Spanish: euskara — language
  • Spanish: éuskara — language
  • Swedish: baskiska — language
  • Turkish: Baskça — language
  • Welsh: Basgeg — language
  • Afrikaans: Bask — member of a people
  • Albanian: bask — member of a people
  • Arabic: بَاسْكِيّ (bāskiyy) — member of a people
  • Armenian: բասկ (bask) — member of a people
  • Asturian: vascu — member of a people
  • Asturian: vasca — member of a people
  • Basque: euskaldun — member of a people
  • Breton: Euskariz — member of a people
  • Bulgarian: баск (bask) — member of a people
  • Catalan: basc — member of a people
  • Catalan: basca — member of a people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 巴斯克人 (Bāsīkè rén) — member of a people
  • Czech: Bask — member of a people
  • Danish: basker — member of a people
  • Dutch: Bask — member of a people
  • Dutch: Baskische — member of a people
  • Esperanto: eŭsko — member of a people
  • Esperanto: eŭskino — member of a people
  • Esperanto: vasko — member of a people
  • Esperanto: vaskino — member of a people
  • Faroese: baski — member of a people
  • Faroese: baskari — member of a people
  • Finnish: baski — member of a people
  • French: Basque — member of a people
  • French: Basquais — member of a people
  • French: Basquaise — member of a people
  • West-Frisian: Bask — member of a people
  • West-Frisian: Baskyske — member of a people
  • Galician: vasco — member of a people
  • Galician: vasca — member of a people
  • Georgian: ბასკი (basḳi) — member of a people
  • German: Baske — member of a people
  • German: Baskin — member of a people
  • Greek: Βάσκος (Váskos) — member of a people
  • Hungarian: baszk — member of a people
  • Icelandic: Baski — member of a people
  • Interlingua: basco — member of a people
  • Irish: Bascach — member of a people
  • Italian: basco — member of a people
  • Italian: basca — member of a people
  • Japanese: バスク人 (Basuku-jin) — member of a people
  • Latvian: basks — member of a people
  • Marathi: बास्क (bāska) — member of a people
  • Norman: Bastchais — member of a people
  • Norman: Bastchaise — member of a people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: basker — member of a people
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: baskar — member of a people
  • Persian: باسک (bâsk) — member of a people
  • Polish: Bask — member of a people
  • Polish: Baskijka — member of a people
  • Portuguese: basco — member of a people
  • Portuguese: basca — member of a people
  • Romanian: basc — member of a people
  • Russian: баск (bask) — member of a people
  • Russian: баско́нка (baskónka) — member of a people
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bȁsk — member of a people
  • Serbo-Croatian: Bȁskījka — member of a people
  • Sicilian: vascu — member of a people
  • Sicilian: vascuni — member of a people
  • Slovak: Bask — member of a people
  • Slovak: Baskička — member of a people
  • Slovene: Bask — member of a people
  • Slovene: Baskinja — member of a people
  • Spanish: vasco — member of a people
  • Spanish: vasca — member of a people
  • Spanish: vascongado — member of a people
  • Spanish: vascuence — member of a people
  • Spanish: euscaldún — member of a people
  • Spanish: vascoparlante — member of a people
  • Spanish: vascohablante — member of a people
  • Swedish: bask — member of a people
  • Swedish: baskiska — member of a people
  • Turkish: Bask — member of a people
  • Welsh: Basg — member of a people
  • Welsh: Basgiad — member of a people
  • French: basque — part of waistcoat
  • French: guêpière — corset
  • German: Mieder — corset
  • German: Korselett — corset
  • Polish: baskina — corset
  • Polish: baskinka — corset
Real reading context

Basque in complete knowledge articles