basque

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
19
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/bɑːsk/
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/bɑːsk/ · /bæsk/

Definition of basque

5 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

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

  1. A member of a cultural and ethnic people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.
  2. The part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist.
  3. A woman's close-fitting bodice, underbodice, or corset having such a feature.
    “Will she be able to pull off the double act? Can she play the cosy tradwife and still be the sexpot in a basque?”

name

  1. The language of the Basque people.
    “If you like a challenge, try Hungarian. It’s like no other European language you’ve heard, except maybe Basque.”

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Relating to the Basque people or their language.

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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.

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