-esque

== English == === Alternative forms === -esq' (rare) === Etymology === Borrowed from French -esque (“-ish, -ic, -esque”), from Italian -esco, from Latin -iscus, of Germanic origin, from Lombardic -isc (“-ish”), from Proto-West Germanic *-isk, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (“-ish”), from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos. Cognate with Old High German -isc (German -isch), Old English -isċ, Old Norse -iskr, Gothic -𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (-isks). Doublet of -ish and -ski. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛsk/ === Suffix === -esque In the style or manner of; appended to nouns, especially proper nouns, and forming adjectives. Kafkaesque Resembling; appended to nouns, especially proper nouns, and forming adjectives. ==== Synonyms ==== (resembling): para-, -oid, -form/-iform, -ish, -ly, -some, -y, (restricted to casual registers) -ass, (forms adjectives from nouns only) -like ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== Note: these translations are a guide only. For more precise translations, see individual words ending in -esque. === Anagrams === eques, squee == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian -esco. Doublet of -ais and -ois. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛsk/ === Suffix === -esque (adjective-forming suffix, plural -esques) -esque ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: -esque