different between risque vs skimpy

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

English

Etymology

From skimp +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk?mpi/
• Rhymes: -?mpi

Adjective

skimpy (comparative skimpier, superlative skimpiest)

1. Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.

Translations

Noun

skimpy (plural skimpies)

1. (Australia, Western Australia) A barmaid who wears little clothing. [From 1988.]
   • 2000, Australian Journal of Mining, page 2,

     It's a curious mix: weatherworn miners, fresh faced bankers, and a couple of g-stringed skimpies.

   • 2007, Terry Carter, Lara Dunston, Perth & Western Australia, Lonely Planet, page 159,

     For an anthropological experience, the front bar at the Exchange Hotel provides a window into some locals? lives at all hours of the day, with skimpies, TV sports and mine workers chain-drinking.

   • 2010, Kathy Marks, Tears of the Sun, Robert Drewe (editor), The Best Australian Essays 2010, page 239,

     ‘ […] There are thirty-two hotels in Kalgoorlie, and only seven would have skimpies [scantily clad barmaids].’

Derived terms

• skimpy work