risqué
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See also: risque
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- risque (US)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French risqué, from risquer (“to risk”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
risqué (comparative more risqué, superlative most risqué)
- Suggestive of sexual impropriety; bordering on the indelicate.
- 1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan, OCLC 1085228267, page 9:
- Never blame society, — it buys books! Now if you could write a smart love-story, slightly risqué, — even a little more than risqué for that matter, that is the sort of thing that suits the present age.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
bordering on the indelicate
References[edit]
- “risqué”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
risqué (feminine singular risquée, masculine plural risqués, feminine plural risquées)
Verb[edit]
risqué m (feminine singular risquée, masculine plural risqués, feminine plural risquées)
Further reading[edit]
- “risqué”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Louisiana Creole French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French risquer (“to risk”), compare Haitian Creole risk.
Verb[edit]
risqué
- to risk
References[edit]
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
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