risky

English

Etymology

From risk +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪski/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪski

Adjective

risky (comparative riskier, superlative riskiest)

1. Dangerous, involving risks.

   Synonyms: risksome, chancy, venturesome

   Antonyms: riskless, risk-free, riskproof, unrisky, nonrisky, safe, secure

   Hyponym: ultrarisky (high degree)

   Near-synonyms: hazardous, dangerous, perilous, unsafe, deredevil

   Investing in this start-up company could be risky.

   Jumping on the train from the bridge to catch the terrorist was a highly risky operation.

2. Misspelling of risqué.
   • 1889, Charles Leonard Moore, Banquet of Palacios: A Comedy, page 157:

     Have you no risky songs, no indecent ballads?

   • 2012, Marlize Schmidt, That Awkward Moment..., Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:

     That awkward moment when someone doesn't reply to your risky text message.

   • 2020, B. Barrett-Lennard, Mind Control Through the Mass Media: Transmission of the Politics of Inequality, B. Barrett-Lennard, →ISBN:

     Ronald Frankau (pronounced Franco) wrote a few risky songs, such as FANNY'S BEEN EVACUATED NOW with the line “and for half a pound of butter, well a lady's got to eat” ~ he got banned for it.

Derived terms

• nonrisky
• riskily
• riskiness
• ultrarisky
• unrisky

Related terms

• risk
• risqué

Translations

dangerous, involving risks

• Arabic: خَطِر m (ḵaṭir)
• Bulgarian: рискован (bg) (riskovan)
• Catalan: riscós, arriscat (ca)
• Czech: nebezpečný (cs), riskantní (cs)
• Danish: risikabel (da)
• Dutch: gewaagd (nl), riskant (nl), risicovol (nl)
• Finnish: vaarallinen (fi), riskaabeli (fi)
• French: risqué (fr) m
• Georgian: სარისკო (sarisḳo)
• German: riskant (de), gefährlich (de), gewagt (de), pikant (de)
• Greek: παρακινδυνευμένος (el) m (parakindynevménos)
• Higaonon: makuyaw
• Hindi: ख़तरनाक (xatarnāk)
• Hungarian: kockázatos (hu)
• Icelandic: áhættusamur (is)
• Indonesian: berisiko
• Italian: rischioso (it), arrischiato (it), pericoloso (it), azzardato (it) m
• Japanese: 危険な (ja) (kiken na)
• Korean: 위험한 (wiheomhan)
• Macedonian: ри́зичен (rízičen), о́пасен (ópasen)
• Māori: whakawhara
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: farefull

  Nynorsk: farefull

• Plautdietsch: roakboa
• Polish: ryzykowny (pl), niebezpieczny (pl)
• Portuguese: arriscado (pt)
• Romanian: riscant (ro)
• Russian: риско́ванный (ru) (riskóvannyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ри̏зичан m

  Latin: rȉzičan (sh) m

• Spanish: riesgoso (es), arriesgado (es), riscoso
• Swedish: riskabel (sv), riskfylld (sv)
• Thai: เสี่ยง (th) (sìiang)
• Turkish: riskli (tr)
• Volapük: riskodik (vo)

Anagrams

• yirks, sirky