-esk

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See also: Esk and ėsk

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French -esque.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɛsk/
  • (file)

Suffix[edit]

-esk

  1. -esque: in the style of manner of

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French -esque. Doublet of -isch and -sch.

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-esk

  1. (higher register) -esque; used to form adjectives denoting a similarity in style or manner; productive use is chiefly (even more than in English) restricted to derivations from proper nouns
    Synonym: (with common nouns) -artig
    Kafka + ‎-esk → ‎kafkaesk

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