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{{also|risque}}
==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|en|risque|risquée}}

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|fr|risqué}}, from {{m|fr|risquer||to [[risk]]}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɹɪsˈkeɪ/|a=UK}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪ|s=2}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-risque.ogg|a=US}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# Suggestive of [[sexual]] [[impropriety]]; [[bordering]] on the [[indelicate]].
#: {{ant|en|unrisqué}}
#* {{RQ:Corelli Sorrows of Satan|page=9
|text=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 {{m|en|risquée}} is used to describe a woman instead.

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|cheeky}}, {{l|en|daring}}, {{l|en|near the knuckle}} {{qualifier|UK}}, {{l|en|naughty}}, {{l|en|racy}}, {{l|en|rorty}} {{qualifier|UK}}, {{l|en|saucy}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|bordering on the indelicate}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|pikantní}}, {{t+|cs|odvážný}}, {{t+|cs|choulostivý}}
* Danish: {{t|da|fræk}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|rivo}}, {{t+|fi|säädytön}}, {{t|fi|rietas}}
* French: {{t+|fr|risqué|m}}, {{t+|fr|osé|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|schlüpfrig}}, {{t+|de|gewagt}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|scabroso}}, {{t+|it|osé}}, {{t+|it|spinto}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|きわどい}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|vovet}}, {{t|nb|ekvivokk}}, {{t|nb|dristig}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|nieprzyzwoity}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|malicioso}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|subido de tono}}, {{t+|es|sugerente}}, {{t+|es|atrevido}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ekivok}}, {{t+|sv|vågad}}
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===References===
* {{R:Lexico}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eiqrsu|Squier|Squire|quires|squier|squire}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}

===Adjective===
{{fr-adj}}

# [[risky]]
# {{l|en|risqué}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|risqué|bor=1}}

===Participle===
{{fr-past participle}}

# {{past participle of|fr|risquer}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|quiers}}, {{l|fr|requis}}

{{C|fr|Personality}}

==Louisiana Creole==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|lou|fr|risquer||to risk}}, compare {{cog|ht|risk}}.

===Verb===
{{head|lou|verb}}

# to [[risk]]

===References===
* Alcée Fortier, ''Louisiana Folktales''