-esk

See also: Esk and ėsk

Dutch

Etymology

From French -esque (“-ish, -ic, -esque”), from Italian -esco, from Latin -iscus, from Lombardic -isc (“-ish”), from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (“-ish”), from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.

Cognate with Old High German -isc (German -isch), Old English -isc, Old Norse -iskr, Gothic -𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (-isks).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-esk

1. -esque: in the style of manner of

Dutch terms suffixed with -esk

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German

Etymology

Chiefly through French -esque, from Italian -esco, from Late Latin -iscus, from a merger of Proto-Germanic *-iskaz and Ancient Greek -ίσκος (-ískos), both eventually from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos. Doublet of -isch, -sch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ˈɛsk/

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Suffix

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

   ‎Kafka + ‎-esk → ‎kafkaesk

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -esk

Synonyms

• -artig (with common nouns)

See also

• -sch