risqué

See also: risque

English

Alternative forms

• risque, risquée

Etymology

Borrowed from French risqué, from risquer (“to risk”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪsˈkeɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

risqué (comparative more risqué, superlative most risqué)

1. Suggestive of sexual impropriety; bordering on the indelicate.

   Antonym: unrisqué

   • 1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9:

     Never blame society, — it buys books! Now if you could write a smart love-story, slightly risqué, — even a little more than risqué for that matter, that is the sort of thing that suits the present age.

Usage notes

• Rarely, the feminine form risquée is used to describe a woman instead.

Synonyms

• cheeky, daring, near the knuckle (UK), naughty, racy, rorty (UK), saucy

Translations

bordering on the indelicate

• Czech: pikantní, odvážný (cs), choulostivý (cs)
• Danish: fræk
• Finnish: rivo (fi), säädytön (fi), rietas
• French: risqué (fr) m, osé (fr) m
• German: schlüpfrig (de), gewagt (de)
• Italian: scabroso (it), osé (it), spinto (it)
• Japanese: きわどい (ja)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vovet, ekvivokk, dristig

• Polish: nieprzyzwoity (pl)
• Portuguese: malicioso (pt)
• Spanish: subido de tono, sugerente (es), atrevido (es)
• Swedish: ekivok (sv), vågad (sv)

References

• “risqué”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Squier, Squire, quires, squier, squire

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁis.ke/

Adjective

risqué (feminine risquée, masculine plural risqués, feminine plural risquées)

1. risky
2. risqué

Descendants

• → English: risqué

Participle

risqué (feminine risquée, masculine plural risqués, feminine plural risquées)

1. past participle of risquer

Further reading

• “risqué”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• quiers, requis

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French risquer (“to risk”), compare Haitian Creole risk.

Verb

risqué

1. to risk

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales