Main Entry: Basque

Pronunciation: \ˈbask, ˈbäsk\

Function: noun

Etymology: French, from Middle French, ultimately from Latin Vasco member of a group of ancient peoples inhabiting the present Basque country

Date: 1667

1 : a member of a people inhabiting the western Pyrenees on the Bay of Biscay
2 : the language of the Basques of unknown relationship
3 not capitalized : a tight-fitting bodice for women

— Basque adjective