euskera
See also: Euskera
Basque
Etymology
Biscayan and Gipuzkoan form of euskara
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eu̯s̺keɾa/ [eu̯s̺.ke.ɾa]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eɾa, -a
- Hyphenation: eus‧ke‧ra
Noun
euskera
- The Basque language
Declension
| indefinite | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | euskera | euskera |
| ergative | — | euskerak |
| dative | — | euskerari |
| genitive | — | euskeraren |
| comitative | — | euskerarekin |
| causative | — | euskerarengatik |
| benefactive | — | euskerarentzat |
| instrumental | euskeraz | euskeraz |
| innesive | — | euskeran |
| locative | — | euskerako |
| allative | — | euskerara |
| terminative | — | euskeraraino |
| directive | — | euskerarantz |
| destinative | — | euskerarako |
| ablative | — | euskeratik |
| partitive | euskerarik | — |
| prolative | euskeratzat | — |
Synonyms
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eusˈkeɾa/ [eu̯sˈke.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: eus‧ke‧ra
Adjective
euskera m or f (masculine and feminine plural euskeras)
Noun
euskera m (uncountable)
- Basque (language)
- 2021 April 26, John Malathronas, “¿Cuáles son los idiomas más fáciles (y difíciles) de aprender para los hablantes nativos de inglés?”, in CNN en Español[1]:
- Si te gustan los desafíos, prueba el húngaro. No se parece a ninguna otra lengua europea que hayas escuchado, excepto quizá el euskera.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “euskera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025