Word.ws English Dictionary

basques

basques is the plural of basque.

Meaning of basque

Noun

basque (plural basques)

  1. The part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist.
  2. 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

See all 5 meanings of basque

Proper noun capitalized: Basques

Basques (plural Basqueses)

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Noun capitalized: Basques

Basques

  1. (plural) plural of Basque

Forms of basques

pluralBasqueses

Origin of basques

Variant of Vasquez.

Phrases with basques

Questions about basques

What does basques mean?
Basques means a surname from Spanish.
What is basques the plural of?
Basques is the plural of basque.
What part of speech is basques?
Basques can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near basques in the dictionary

  1. Basque Shepherd Dog
  2. Basque Shepherd Dogs
  3. Basque Shepherds
  4. basqued
  5. Basqueness
  6. basques
  7. Basqueses
  8. Basquez
  9. Basquezes
  10. Basquiat
  11. Basquiats

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: basques (page history and authors); Basques (page history and authors); basque (page history and authors). 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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “basques.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/basques. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.