Basque — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

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

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (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wanting to visit the dramatic fjords of north-western Iceland need no longer hesitate after the district of Westfjords repealed a 400-year-old decree to kill any Basque caught in the area on sight.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.

Aggettivo

1. Relating to the Basque people or their language.

   Uso

   • not-comparable

   Esempi

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

Nome proprio

1. The language of the Basque people.

   Sinonimi

   EuskaraUskara

   Parole correlate

   Wiktionary’s coverage of Basque terms

   Esempi

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

Sostantivo

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

   Termini più generali

   European

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

   Sinonimi

   Basque language

   Termini più generali

   natural languagetongue