basque

See also: Basque

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French basque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæsk/, /bɑːsk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophones: bask, Basque
• Rhymes: -æsk, -ɑːsk

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.

Derived terms

• basqued

 

Translations

part of waistcoat

• French: basque (fr) f

corset

• French: guêpière (fr) f
• German: Mieder (de) n, Korselett n
• Polish: baskina f, baskinka f

See also

• saut de basque

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bask/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French baste, probably borrowed from Provençal or Occitan basto, from Frankish *bastijan (“to weave, plait, sew”).

Noun

basque f (plural basques)

1. skirt, skirts (of a jacket, morning coat etc.); basque (of waistcoat)
2. (figurative) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • 2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 15:

     Il n’était pas fidèle, et elles se suspendaient d’autant plus facilement à ses basques que lui ne pensait qu’à se défiler.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• coller aux basques
• lâcher les basques

Etymology 2

From Latin Vascō, singular form of the plural noun Vascones. The transition of the initial -v- to -b- indicates a likely loan from Spanish or Occitan. Doublet of gascon, from the accusative form Vasconem.

Noun

basque m (uncountable)

1. Basque (language)

Adjective

basque (plural basques)

1. Basque

Derived terms

• Pays basque
• pelote basque

Further reading

• “basque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.