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basque

(bask)

noun

a woman's tightfitting bodice or tunic

Origin: Fr < Prov basto < ?; altered by assoc. with Fr basquine, kind of petticoat < Sp basquiña < basco, vasco, Basque

noun

a member of a people living in the W Pyrenees of Spain and France
the language of this people: it is not known to be related to any other language

Origin: Fr < Sp Vasco; ult. < L Vascones, the Basques

adjective

of the Basques or their language or culture

See basque in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A woman's close-fitting bodice.

Origin:

Origin: French, skirt of a garment

Origin: , alteration (perhaps influenced by Basque, Basque)

Origin: of Old French baste

Origin: , from Italian basta, tuck

Origin: , possibly of Germanic origin

noun

A member of a people of unknown origin inhabiting the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay in France and Spain.
The language of the Basques, of no known linguistic affiliation.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , probably from Latin Vascō

Origin: , perhaps from Barscunes, Bascunes, ethnonym of the Pyrenees region in antiquity

Related Forms:

Basque adjective

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