-esque

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

-esque

Synonymes

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-ish

esque

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɛsk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: -isc

Appartenant à allemand: -isch

Appartenant à ancien anglais: -isċ

Appartenant à vieux norrois: -iskr

Appartenant à gotique: -𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃

In summary

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.