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basque

Pronunciation: /bask/

“basque” is a French word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. skirt, skirts (of a jacket, morning coat etc.); basque (of waistcoat)
  2. coattail (as in: coller aux basques, lâcher les basques)
  3. A women’s coattail
  4. Basque (the language of the Basque people)

adjective

  1. Basque

In French

  1. Relatif au Pays basque ou aux Basques.
  2. Relatif à la langue basque.
  3. Langue parlée au Pays basque. C’est une langue ergative de type SOV.
  4. Pan d’habit, de certains vêtements, partie découpée et tombante en dessous de la taille.
  5. Nom donné par analogie de forme à une bavette d'étanchéité en plomb.

Etymology

Inherited from Old French baste, probably borrowed from Provençal or Occitan basto, from Frankish *bastijan (“to weave, plait, sew”). But others suggest it was named after the fashion of the Basques, the same as basquine and Spanish basquiña.

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