basque
/bæsk//bɑːsk/
basque noun: the part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist.
Noun (1)
basque (plural basques)
- The part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist.
- 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?2025 August 30, Jo Ellison, “Taylor Swift is entering her conservative era”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20
Noun (2) capitalized: Basque
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.
- Basques wanting to visit the dramatic fjords of north-western Iceland need no longer hesitate after the district of Westfjords repealed a 400-year-old decree to kill any Basque caught in the area on sight. […] The brewing conflict between locals and the whalers prompted then-sheriff Ari Magnússon...2015 April 29, Ashifa Kassam, “Basques safe in Iceland as district repeals decree to kill them on sight”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2020
Adjective capitalized: Basque
Basque (not comparable)
- Relating to the Basque people or their language.
- The edict was issued in 1615 after a storm destroyed three Basque whaling vessels on an expedition in Iceland.2015 April 29, Ashifa Kassam, “Basques safe in Iceland as district repeals decree to kill them on sight”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2020
Proper noun capitalized: Basque
Basque
- 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.2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2022
basque meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
basque in Hindi
- बास्क
basque in Tamil
- இடுப்பின் கீழ்தாய நச்சு நீட்டம்
basque in Marathi
- बास्क, बास्के, बास्की
basque in Urdu
- باسکی, باسک
More languagesFewer languages
- basque in Bengali
- বাস্ক
- basque in Telugu
- బాస్క్, బాస్క్యూ
- basque in Malayalam
- ബാസ്ക്, ബാസ്ക്ക്
- basque in Kannada
- ಬಾಸ್ಕ್, ಬಾಸ್ಕ್ಯೂ, ಬಾಸ್ಕೆ
- basque in Punjabi
- ਬਾਸਕ, ਬਾਸਕੀ
- basque in Gujarati
- બાસ્ક, બાસ્કે, બાસ્કી
- basque in Odia
- ବାସ୍କେ, ବାସ୍କ, ବାସ୍କି
- basque in Nepali
- बास्क, बास्के
Synonyms of basque
Forms of basque
| plural | basques |
|---|---|
| plural | Basques |
Origin of basque
Borrowed from French basque.
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.
Words formed from basque
Phrases with basque
Words that rhyme with basque
5 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about basque
- What does basque mean?
- Basque means the part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist.
- What is basque in Hindi?
- Basque in Hindi is बास्क. See Basque meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is basque?
- Basque can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce basque?
- Basque is pronounced /bæsk/.
- What is the plural of basque?
- The plural of basque is basques.
Words near basque in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: basque (page history and authors); Basque (page history and authors); Basque (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Basque (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); basque (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); basque (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); basque (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); basque (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); basque (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); basque (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); basque (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); basque (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); basque (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); basque (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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