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Basque

bas·que

UK/bæsk/ US/bɑːsk/ uncommon

noun

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the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • saut de basque

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