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Basque.

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

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɑːsk/Received-Pronunciation/bæsk/Received-Pronunciation/bɑːsk/British, Southern, Standard/bask/British, Southern, Standard
  1. A member of a cultural and ethnic people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.

Where this word comes from

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.

adj/bɑːsk/Received-Pronunciation/bæsk/Received-Pronunciation/bɑːsk/British, Southern, Standard/bask/British, Southern, Standard
  1. Relating to the Basque people or their language.

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Where this word comes from

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.

name/bɑːsk/Received-Pronunciation/bæsk/Received-Pronunciation/bɑːsk/British, Southern, Standard/bask/British, Southern, Standard
  1. The language of the Basque people.

Where this word comes from

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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