Basqueとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /bɑːsk/, /bæsk/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA: /bɑːsk/, /bask/
• (General American) enPR: bask, IPA: /bæsk/
• (Northern England, Scotland) IPA: /bask/
• 異形同音異義語: bask, basque
• 韻: -æsk

名詞

Basque (plural Basques)

1. A member of a cultural and ethnic people living in the western Pyrenees and the Bay of Biscay between France and Spain.
   • 2015 April 29, Ashifa Kassam, “Basques safe in Iceland as district repeals decree to kill them on sight”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 28 August 2020:

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wanting to visit the dramatic fjords of north-western Iceland need no longer hesitate after the district of Westfjords repealed a 400-year-old decree to kill any Basque caught in the area on sight.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

派生した語

• → Welsh: Basg

固有名詞

Basque

1. The language of the Basque people.

   Synonyms: Euskara, Uskara

   • 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 22 March 2022:

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

派生語

形容詞

Basque (not comparable)

1. Relating to the Basque people or their language.
   • 2015 April 29, Ashifa Kassam, “Basques safe in Iceland as district repeals decree to kill them on sight”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 28 August 2020:

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

派生語

• Basqueness

参考

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Basque terms
• Appendix:Basque Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Basque

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code eu, ISO 639-3 code eus (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Basque, eus ⁠