different between basque vs casque

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French basque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæsk/, /b??sk/
• Rhymes: -æsk, -??sk

Noun

basque (plural basques)

1. The part of a waistcoat etc. extending below the waist.
2. A woman's close-fitting bodice, underbodice, or corset having such a feature.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bask/

Etymology 1

From Old French baste, probably borrowed from Provençal or Occitan basto, from Frankish *bastijan (“to weave, plait, sew”).

Noun

basque f (plural basques)

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

Derived terms

• coller aux basques
• lâcher les basque

Etymology 2

From Latin Vasco, singular form of the plural noun Vascones. The transition of the initial -v- to -b- indicates a likely loan from Spanish or Occitan. Doublet of gascon, from the accusative form Vasconem.

Noun

basque m (uncountable)

1. Basque (language)

Adjective

basque (plural basques)

1. Basque

Further reading

• “basque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French casque.

Noun

casque (plural casques)

1. A helmet.
   • 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, I:

     He beheld his child dashed to pieces, and almost buried under an enormous helmet, an hundred times more large than any casque ever made for human being, and shaded with a proportionable quantity of black feathers.

2. A hard structure on the head of some birds, such as the hornbill or cassowary.

Translations

Anagrams

• sacque

French

Etymology

From Spanish casco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kask/
• Homophone: casques

Noun

casque m (plural casques)

1. helmet
2. hard hat
3. headphones
4. (zoology) casque

Derived terms

• casque bleu

Verb

casque

1. first-person singular present indicative of casquer
2. third-person singular present indicative of casquer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of casquer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of casquer
5. second-person singular imperative of casquer

Further reading

• “casque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• casque on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Anagrams

• caques

Spanish

Verb

casque

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cascar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cascar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of cascar.