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risque.

risk

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʁisk/

  1. risk

    masculine
    le risque d'une nouvelle guerre mondiale
    Je n'aime pas trop prendre des risques.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French risque (first attested in 1578), borrowed from Old Italian risco (modern Italian rischio).

verb/ʁisk/

  1. inflection of risquer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of risquer: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French risque (first attested in 1578), borrowed from Old Italian risco (modern Italian rischio).

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