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risque

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See also: risqué

English

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Etymology 1

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See risqué.

Adjective

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risque (comparative more risque, superlative most risque)

  1. (US) Alternative form of risqué
    • 2016 January 24, Les Chappell, “An Uneven Season of The Simpsons Streaks to an Excellent Conclusion: ‘Natural Born Kissers’ (season nine, episode 25, originally aired 05/17/1998)”, in The A.V. Club[1], archived from the original on 2021-10-12:
      But despite being the first episode of The Simpsons to feature Marge [Simpson]'s naked butt, there's nothing particularly risque about any of the nudity—if anything, the pitchfork-wielding farmer's threat of "ass-forking" feels the most over the line.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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risque (countable and uncountable, plural risques)

  1. Obsolete spelling of risk.

Verb

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risque (third-person singular simple present risques, present participle risquing, simple past and past participle risqued)

  1. Obsolete spelling of risk.

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French risque (first attested in 1578), borrowed from Old Italian risco (modern Italian rischio).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʁisk/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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risque m (plural risques)

  1. risk
    Synonym: danger m
    le risque d’une nouvelle guerre mondiale
    the risk of a new world war
    Je n’aime pas trop prendre des risques.
    I don't like taking risks that much.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: risk
  • Russian: риск (risk)
  • Turkish: risk

Verb

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risque

  1. inflection of risquer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Galician

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Verb

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risque

  1. inflection of riscar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

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Verb

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risque

  1. inflection of riscar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative