risky

English

Etymology

risk +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪski/
• Rhymes: -ɪski

Adjective

risky (comparative riskier, superlative riskiest)

1. Dangerous, involving risks.

   Investing in this start-up company could be risky.

Synonyms

• hazardous, dangerous, perilous

Antonyms

• riskless, safe, secure

Related terms

• risk
• riskily
• riskiness
• risqué

Translations

dangerous, involving risks

• Catalan: riscós, arriscat (ca)
• Czech: nebezpečný (cs), riskantní (cs)
• Dutch: gewaagd (nl), riskant (nl)
• Finnish: vaarallinen (fi), riskaabeli (fi)
• French: risqué (fr) m
• German: riskant (de), gefährlich (de), gewagt (de), pikant (de)
• Greek: παρακινδυνευμένος (el) m (parakindynevménos)
• Hungarian: kockázatos (hu)
• Italian: rischioso (it), arrischiato (it), pericoloso (it), azzardato (it) m
• Japanese: 危険な (ja) (kiken na)
• Korean: 위험한 (wiheomhan)
• Maori: whakawhara
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: farefull

  Nynorsk: farefull

• Portuguese: arriscado (pt)
• Russian: риско́ванный (ru) (riskóvannyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ри̏зичан m

  Roman: rȉzičan (sh) m

• Spanish: riesgoso, arriesgado (es)
• Swedish: riskabel (sv), riskfylld
• Turkish: riskli (tr)
• Volapük: riskodik (vo)

Anagrams

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