Noun: basque
Gender: f
m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | basque |
| Singular f | basque |
| Plural f | basques |
uncountable
Sample Sentences
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Il n'était pas fidèle, et elles se suspendaient d’autant plus facilement à ses basques que lui ne pensait qu’à se défiler. [2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 15:]
Nouns inflected like basque
platine,
CRS,
tarasque,
cayenne,
œuvre,
bio,
cam,
futanari,
basque,
basket,
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. See: Spanish Nouns '
basquiña'.
Verbs referencing "basque"
English Nouns
Basque, Dutch Nouns
Bask, Finnish Nouns
baski, Romanian Nouns
basc, Irish Nouns
Bascach.
Translations