different between masque vs basque

English

Alternative forms

• mask

Etymology

Borrowed from French masque.

Pronunciation

• (General American, UK) IPA^(key): /mæsk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??sk/
• Rhymes: -æsk, -??sk
• Homophones: mask, masc (some accents)

Noun

masque (plural masques)

1. (archaic, in 16th- and 17th-century England and Europe) A dramatic performance, often performed at court as a royal entertainment, consisting of dancing, dialogue, pantomime and song.
2. (archaic) Words and music written for a masque.
3. (archaic) A masquerade.
4. Archaic form of mask.
5. A facial mask.

   mud masque; clay masque

Verb

masque (third-person singular simple present masques, present participle masquing, simple past and past participle masqued)

1. Archaic form of mask.
   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 16, [1]

     It is even masqued by that sort of good-humoured air that at heart he resents his impressment.

See also

• masque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• squame

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian maschera. More at English mask.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mask/

Noun

masque m (plural masques)

1. mask (a cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection)
2. Short for masque de grossesse.

Derived terms

• bas les masques
• masque à gaz
• masque à oxygène
• masque-cheval
• masque chirurgical
• masque de grossesse
• masque de plongée
• masque de nuit

Related terms

• démasquer
• masquer

Descendants

All are borrowed.

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian maschera.

Noun

masque m (plural masques)

1. mask (covering for the face)

Descendants

• French: masque (see there for further descendants)
• ? English: mask

References

Portuguese

Verb

masque

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of mascar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of mascar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of mascar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of mascar

Spanish

Verb

masque

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

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).