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/ (General American) enPR: bask, IPA(key): /bæsk/ Homophones: bask, basque Rhymes: -æsk === 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. ==== Descendants ==== → Welsh: Basg ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Basque The language of the Basque people. Synonyms: Euskara, Uskara ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Basque (not comparable) Relating to the Basque people or their language. ==== Derived terms ==== Basqueness ==== Translations ==== === 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/ === Noun === Basque m or f by sense (plural Basques) Basque (person of either gender)