risqué

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French risqué (“risky”), an adjective use of the past participle of risquer (“to put at risk; to risk”), from risque (“risk”, noun) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs). Risque is derived from Old Italian risco (“risk”) (modern Italian rischio), possibly a deverbal from resecare or from Vulgar Latin *resecum, both from Latin resecō (“to cut loose or off, etc.”), from re- (intensifying prefix) + secō (“to cut; to cut off”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut; to cut off, sever”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹɪskeɪ/, /ɹɪsˈkeɪ/, (following the French pronunciation) /ɹiː-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəˈskeɪ/, /ɹɪ-/ Rhymes: -eɪ Hyphenation: ris‧qué === Adjective === risqué (comparative more risqué, superlative most risqué) Slightly sexually suggestive; bordering on indelicate. Synonyms: raunchy, cheeky, suggestive, daring, naughty, (UK) near the knuckle, racy, (UK) rorty, saucy Antonym: unrisqué Coordinate term: ribald ==== Usage notes ==== Rarely, the feminine form risquée is used to describe a woman instead. Not to be confused with risque (“obsolete spelling of risk (noun, verb)”). ==== Alternative forms ==== risque (US) risquée ==== Derived terms ==== risquéness ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === sexual suggestiveness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia risqué (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Squier, Squire, quires, squier, squire == French == === Etymology === The adjective is derived from the past participle of risquer (“to put at risk; to risk”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁis.ke/ === Adjective === risqué (feminine risquée, masculine plural risqués, feminine plural risquées) risky un pari risqué ― a risky gamble ==== Descendants ==== → English: risqué === Participle === risqué (feminine risquée, masculine plural risqués, feminine plural risquées) 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 to risk === References === Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales