Definition of basque Basque

/bæˈsk/ - [batsk] - Basque

We found 12 definitions of basque from 5 different sources.

What does basque mean?

Noun
basque - a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain
		european a native or inhabitant of Europe
		french republic, france a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
basque - the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language

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basque (Noun)
A member of a people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay in France and Spain.
basque (Adjective)
Relative to the Basque people or their language.

basque (a.)
Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language.
basque (n.)
One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France.
basque (n.)
The language spoken by the Basque people.
basque (n.)
A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques.

basque
bask, adj. relating to the Basques, or their wonderful language, with its extreme variability of dialects—the only example of a consistently incorporating language.—n. a native of the Basque provinces: the distinctive language of the Basques: a kind of short-skirted jacket worn by women, a continuation of the bodice a little below the waist.—adj. Basqued (baskt), furnished with a basque.—n. Basq′uine, an outer petticoat worn by Basque and Spanish women. [Fr. Basque—Low L. Vasco, an inhabitant of Vasconia, whence Gascony. The Basques themselves call their tongue Eskuara, Euscara, whence the Fr. Euscarien.]