risque

See also: risqué

English

Etymology 1

See risqué.

Adjective

risque (comparative more risque, superlative most risque)

  1. (US) Alternative form of risqué.
    • 2016 January 24, Les Chappell, “An Uneven Season of The Simpsons Streaks to an Excellent Conclusion: ‘Natural Born Kissers’ (season nine, episode 25, originally aired 05/17/1998)”, in The A.V. Club‎[1], archived from the original on 12 October 2021:
      But despite being the first episode of The Simpsons to feature Marge [Simpson]'s naked butt, there's nothing particularly risque about any of the nudity—if anything, the pitchfork-wielding farmer's threat of "ass-forking" feels the most over the line.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

    Noun

    risque (countable and uncountable, plural risques)

    1. Obsolete spelling of risk.

    Verb

    risque (third-person singular simple present risques, present participle risquing, simple past and past participle risqued)

    1. Obsolete spelling of risk.

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    French

    Etymology

    Inherited from Middle French risque (first attested in 1578), borrowed from Old Italian risco (modern Italian rischio).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʁisk/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)
    • Rhymes: -isk

    Noun

    risque m (plural risques)

    1. risk
      Synonym: danger m
      le risque d'une nouvelle guerre mondiale
      the risk of a new world war
      Je n'aime pas trop prendre des risques.
      I don't like taking risks that much.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → English: risk
    • → Russian: риск (risk)
    • → Turkish: risk

    Verb

    risque

    1. inflection of risquer:
      1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
      2. second-person singular imperative

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    Galician

    Verb

    risque

    1. inflection of riscar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

    Portuguese

    Verb

    risque

    1. inflection of riscar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative
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