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basque

French, noun

basque is spelled B-A-S-Q-U-E (6 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written French, the 8,517th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Basque is a French feminine noun meaning “skirt, skirts (of a jacket, morning coat etc.); basque (of waistcoat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Basque is a different word: “Basque (person of either gender)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue parlée au Pays basque. C’est une langue ergative de type SOV”.

What does basque mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineskirt, skirts (of a jacket, morning coat etc.); basque (of waistcoat)

  2. 2

    femininecoattail (as in: coller aux basques, lâcher les basques)

  3. 3

    feminineA women’s coattail

adjective

  1. 1

    Basque

noun

  1. 1

    masculineBasque (the language of the Basque people)

noun

as Basque
  1. 1

    femininemasculineBasque (person of either gender)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relatif au Pays basque ou aux Basques. 2. Relatif à la langue basque.

noun: 1. Langue parlée au Pays basque. C’est une langue ergative de type SOV.

noun: 1. Pan d’habit, de certains vêtements, partie découpée et tombante en dessous de la taille. 2. Nom donné par analogie de forme à une bavette d'étanchéité en plomb.

noun: 1. Habitant du Pays basque.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of basque

  • Basques plural
  • basques plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to basque

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is basque in French?

basque appears 7.2 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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