Basqueとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /bɑːsk/, /bæsk/
• (General American) enPR: bask, IPA: /bæsk/
• 異形同音異義語: bask, basque
• 韻: -æsk

名詞

Basque (plural Basques)

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

派生した語

• → Welsh: Basg

固有名詞

Basque

1. The language of the Basque people.

   Synonyms: Euskara, Uskara

   • 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 22 March 2022:

     If you like a challenge, try Hungarian. It’s like no other European language you’ve heard, except maybe Basque.

派生語

形容詞

Basque (not comparable)

1. Relating to the Basque people or their language.

派生語

• Basqueness

参考

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Basque terms
• Appendix:Basque Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Basque

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code eu, ISO 639-3 code eus (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Basque, eus ⁠