Basque — Dictionnaire anglais

Nom

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

   Exemples

   Plus d’exemples (1)

   Basques wanting to visit the dramatic fjords of north-western Iceland need no longer hesitate after the district of Westfjords repealed a 400-year-old decree to kill any Basque caught in the area on sight. […] The brewing conflict between locals and the whalers prompted then-sheriff Ari Magnússon to draw up a decree that allowed Basques to be killed with impunity in the district.

Adjectif

1. Relating to the Basque people or their language.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Exemples

   The edict was issued in 1615 after a storm destroyed three Basque whaling vessels on an expedition in Iceland.

Nom propre

1. The language of the Basque people.

   Synonymes

   EuskaraUskara

   Mots associés

   Wiktionary’s coverage of Basque terms

   Exemples

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

Nom

1. a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain

   Termes génériques

   European

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

   Synonymes

   Basque language

   Termes génériques

   natural languagetongue