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, →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

• 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)
• 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

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