different between revealing vs risque

English

Etymology

From Middle English reveling; equivalent to reveal +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???vi?l??/
• Rhymes: -i?l??
• Hyphenation: re?veal?ing

Adjective

revealing (comparative more revealing, superlative most revealing)

1. Informative.

   a revealing analysis

2. Of clothing: allowing more than is usual to be seen.

   Her shirt is rather revealing.

Translations

Verb

revealing

1. present participle of reveal

Noun

revealing (plural revealings)

1. Something revealed; a revelation.
   • 1836, William Tait, Mrs. Christian Isobel Johnstone, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 3, page 113)

     In these letters, and the remembered conversations, we have fuller revealings of the inner man, greater depth of discovery into that vast and labyrinthine mind […]

Anagrams

• Graveline, laveering

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