"Basque" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /bask/ Audio: Fr-Basque.ogg Forms: Basques [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|oc|basc}} Occitan basc, {{der|fr|la|Vascō}} Latin Vascō Head templates: {{fr-noun|mfbysense}} Basque m or f by sense (plural Basques)
  1. Basque (person of either gender) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Derived forms: basquisme, basquiste, courir comme un Basque Related terms: basque [adjective], basque [noun], basquité, basquitude, Pays basque

Inflected forms

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        {
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "lang_code": "cy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Basg"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Basque"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "basc"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "ga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Bascach"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Bascais"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "oc",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "Vascō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Vascō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Basques",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mfbysense"
      },
      "expansion": "Basque m or f by sense (plural Basques)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French masculine and feminine nouns by sense",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Demonyms",
          "orig": "fr:Demonyms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "langcode": "fr",
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          "orig": "fr:Ethnonyms",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "France",
          "orig": "fr:France",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Spain",
          "orig": "fr:Spain",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "basquisme"
        },
        {
          "word": "basquiste"
        },
        {
          "word": "courir comme un Basque"
        }
      ],
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        "Basque (person of either gender)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Basque-fr-noun-LtsA0Bvs",
      "links": [
        [
          "Basque",
          "Basque#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "adjective"
          ],
          "word": "basque"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "noun"
          ],
          "word": "basque"
        },
        {
          "word": "basquité"
        },
        {
          "word": "basquitude"
        },
        {
          "word": "Pays basque"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bask/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Fr-Basque.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "basque"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Basque"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "basquisme"
    },
    {
      "word": "basquiste"
    },
    {
      "word": "courir comme un Basque"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "lang_code": "cy",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "Basg"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Basque"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "basc"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Bascach"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
      ],
      "word": "Bascais"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "oc",
        "3": "basc"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "Vascō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin Vascō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Basques",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "mfbysense"
      },
      "expansion": "Basque m or f by sense (plural Basques)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "basque"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "basque"
    },
    {
      "word": "basquité"
    },
    {
      "word": "basquitude"
    },
    {
      "word": "Pays basque"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "French 1-syllable words",
        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French feminine nouns",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine and feminine nouns by sense",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French nouns",
        "French nouns with multiple genders",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Occitan",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "fr:Demonyms",
        "fr:Ethnonyms",
        "fr:France",
        "fr:Spain"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Basque (person of either gender)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Basque",
          "Basque#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bask/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-Basque.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b7/Fr-Basque.ogg/Fr-Basque.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Fr-Basque.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "basque"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Basque"
}

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