"-esque" meaning in English

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Suffix

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Etymology: From French -esque (“-ish, -ic, -esque”), from Italian -esco, from Latin -iscus, of Germanic origin, from Lombardic -isc (“-ish”), from Proto-West Germanic *-isk, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (“-ish”), from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos. Cognate with Old High German -isc (German -isch), Old English -isċ, Old Norse -iskr, Gothic -𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (-isks). Doublet of -ish and -ski. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|-esque||-ish, -ic, -esque}} French -esque (“-ish, -ic, -esque”), {{der|en|it|-esco}} Italian -esco, {{der|en|la|-iscus}} Latin -iscus, {{der|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|en|lng|-isc||-ish}} Lombardic -isc (“-ish”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*-isk}} Proto-West Germanic *-isk, {{der|en|gem-pro|*-iskaz||-ish}} Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (“-ish”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*-iskos}} Proto-Indo-European *-iskos, {{cog|goh|-isc|}} Old High German -isc, {{cog|de|-isch}} German -isch, {{cog|ang|-isċ}} Old English -isċ, {{cog|non|-iskr}} Old Norse -iskr, {{cog|got|-𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃}} Gothic -𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (-isks), {{doublet|en|-ish|-ski}} Doublet of -ish and -ski Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -esque, {{en-suffix}} -esque
  1. In the style or manner of; appended to nouns, especially proper nouns, and forming adjectives. Tags: morpheme Translations (in the style of): -esc (Catalan), -式的 (... shì de) (Chinese Mandarin), -isk (Danish), -esk (Dutch), -eca (Esperanto), -eska (Esperanto), laŭ-…-a (Esperanto), -mainen (Finnish), -esque (French), -esk (German), -i (Hungarian), -esco (Italian), っぽい (-ppoi) (Japanese), -esco (Portuguese), -esc [masculine] (Romanian), -е́скный (-ésknyj) (Russian), -esco (Spanish), -isk [common-gender] (Swedish), -iskt [neuter] (Swedish), -aktig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en--esque-en-suffix-FQJuUX0X Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'in the style of': 100 0
  2. Resembling; appended to nouns, especially proper nouns, and forming adjectives. Tags: morpheme Synonyms (resembling): para-, -oid, -form, -iform, -ish, -ly, -some, -y Synonyms (resembling; forms adjectives from nouns only): -like Synonyms (resembling; restricted to casual registers): -ass Translations (resembling): -似的 (... shì de) (Chinese Mandarin), -agtig (Danish), -lignende (Danish), -esk (Dutch), -eca (Esperanto), -simila (Esperanto), -ŝajna (Esperanto), -mainen (Finnish), -esque (French), -szerű (Hungarian), -esco (Portuguese), -подо́бный (-podóbnyj) (Russian), -esco (Spanish), -lik [common-gender] (Swedish), -likt [neuter] (Swedish), -aktig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en--esque-en-suffix-X1TJQwKa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of 'resembling': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'resembling; forms adjectives from nouns only': 18 82 Disambiguation of 'resembling; restricted to casual registers': 7 93 Disambiguation of 'resembling': 0 100
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          "text": "When the album succeeds, such as on the swaggering, Queen-esque “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us,” it does so on The Darkness’ own terms—that is, as a random ’80s-cliché generator. But with so many tired, lazy callbacks to its own threadbare catalog (including “Love Is Not The Answer,” a watery echo of the epic “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” from 2003’s Permission To Land), Hot Cakes marks the point where The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing the golden age of stadium rock and simply started cannibalizing itself. And, despite Hawkins’ inveterate crotch-grabbing, there was never that much meat there to begin with.",
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          "text": "Needless to say, Mr. T abstained from the \"Wolf of Wall Street\"-esque extracurriculars on grounds that he didn't agree with Cubik Partners' definition of \"fun,\" per his testimony in court.",
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          "text": "When the album succeeds, such as on the swaggering, Queen-esque “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us,” it does so on The Darkness’ own terms—that is, as a random ’80s-cliché generator. But with so many tired, lazy callbacks to its own threadbare catalog (including “Love Is Not The Answer,” a watery echo of the epic “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” from 2003’s Permission To Land), Hot Cakes marks the point where The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing the golden age of stadium rock and simply started cannibalizing itself. And, despite Hawkins’ inveterate crotch-grabbing, there was never that much meat there to begin with.",
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          "text": "Needless to say, Mr. T abstained from the \"Wolf of Wall Street\"-esque extracurriculars on grounds that he didn't agree with Cubik Partners' definition of \"fun,\" per his testimony in court.",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "-i"
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      "word": "っぽい"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "in the style of",
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      "word": "-lignende"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "-ŝajna"
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      "code": "fi",
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}

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