risky
adjectifcourant dans les dialogues
- //ˈɹɪski//
Dangerous; involving risks.
adjectif
- 1
Dangerous; involving risks.
Near-synonyms: hazardous, dangerous, perilous, unsafe, daredevil
Investing in this start-up company could be risky.
Jumping on the train from the bridge to catch the terrorist was a highly risky operation.
- 2
obsolèteRisqué.
Have you no risky songs, no indecent ballads?
- 3
Variante de risquéMisspelling of risqué.
That awkward moment when someone doesn't reply to your risky text message.
Ronald Frankau (pronounced Franco) wrote a few risky songs, such as FANNY'S BEEN EVACUATED NOW with the line “and for half a pound of butter, well a lady's got to eat” ~ he got banned for it.
Étymologie
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin seco Latin resecōdeverb. Vulgar Latin *resecum Old Italian riscobor. ▲ Old Italian risco Italian rischio Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Italian -are Italian rischiarebor. Middle French risquebor. English risque English risk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English risky From risk + -y.
Formes
- comparatif
- riskier
- superlatif
- riskiest