risque
common nounverb
Syllable Decomposition
risquefrom Italian risco, attested from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries, becoming rischio in modern Italian and derived from Latin resecum ("what cuts", then "steep rock, reef" then "risk incurred by goods transported by boat") derived from resecare ("to cut").
Definitions
- économie
Antonyms
Plural
risques
Translations
german:Wagnis
english:venture
danish:risiko
spanish:riesgo
italian:rischio
dutch:waagstuk
portuguese:risco
swedish:risk
See also
multirisque (adj.) risqué (adj.) risque (v.) risquer (v.) risqueur (cn.) risquable (adj.) risques (v.)