basque

Borrowed from French basque.

• IPA^(key): /bæsk/, /bɑːsk/
• Rhymes: -æsk, -ɑːsk

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.

• IPA^(key): /bask/

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From Old French baste, probably borrowed from Occitan basto.

basque f (plural basques)

1. skirt, skirts (of a jacket, morning coat etc.); basque (of waistcoat)

From Latin Vasco, 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.

basque m (uncountable)

1. Basque (language)

basque (plural basques)

1. Basque

• “basque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).