different between earthy vs risque

English

Etymology

From Middle English erthy, equivalent to earth +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.?i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???i/
• Rhymes: -??(?)?i
• Hyphenation: earthy

Adjective

earthy (comparative earthier, superlative earthiest)

1. Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).

   The earthy smell of fresh turned loam told me the farmer had started plowing this morning, the definitive sign of spring for me.

2. Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural.

   She was an earthy soul, the salt of the earth as they say of such rural folk, untarnished by false civilization.
3. (figuratively) Coarse and unrefined, crude.

   earthy humour

4. Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.
5. Covered with earth (mud, dirt).
   • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

     He was wet through with the dew and quite earthy from diving into the burrows the Boy had made for him in the flower bed, and Nana grumbled as she rubbed him off with a corner of her apron.

Synonyms

• terreous (obsolete)

Derived terms

• earthily
• earthiness

Translations

Anagrams

• Hayter, Thayer, aethyr, hearty, yearth

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French risqué.

Pronunciation

Adjective

risque (comparative more risque, superlative most risque)

1. (US) Alternative form of risqué

Etymology 2

Noun

risque (plural risques)

1. Obsolete spelling of risk

Anagrams

• Squier, Squire, quires, squier, squire

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?isk/

Noun

risque m (plural risques)

1. risk

   Synonym: danger m

Derived terms

Descendants

• Turkish: risk

Verb

risque

1. first-person singular present indicative of risquer
2. third-person singular present indicative of risquer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of risquer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of risquer
5. second-person singular imperative of risquer

Further reading

• “risque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• quiers, requis

Portuguese

Verb

risque

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of riscar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of riscar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of riscar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of riscar