English Explanatory Dictionary

-esque

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. In the style or manner of; appended to nouns, especially proper nouns, and forming adjectives.
  2. Resembling; appended to nouns, especially proper nouns, and forming adjectives.

Pronunciation

/ɛsk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--esque.wav

Word forms

-esque more -esque most -esque -esq'

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Vulgar Latin -iscus Italian -escobor. French -esquebor. English -esque 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.

Synonyms

para- -oid -form -iform -ish -ly -some -y -ass -like
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