basque
See also: Basque
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /bæsk/, /bɑːsk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Homophones: bask, Basque
- Rhymes: -æsk, -ɑːsk
Noun
editbasque (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.
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editSee also
editFrench
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old French baste, probably borrowed from Provençal or Occitan basto, from Frankish *bastijan (“to weave, plait, sew”).
Noun
editbasque f (plural basques)
- skirt, skirts (of a jacket, morning coat etc.); basque (of waistcoat)
- (figurative) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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.- 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)
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editEtymology 2
editFrom 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
editbasque m (uncountable)
- Basque (language)
Adjective
editbasque (plural basques)
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editFurther reading
edit- “basque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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