Added 9 October 2026 basque /bæsk/ noun Categories: PeopleLanguageRare Words noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about basque at Wordnik → Where our words come from → A member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain. The language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language. Origin Borrowed from French basque. From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA) Related Words: etabaskinvascoeuskadieuskerasheepherdersbodicecorsetcorseletbustiergirdlebasquine Back to today's word