"grotesque" meaning in French

See grotesque in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɡʁɔ.tɛsk/ Audio: Fr-Paris--grotesque.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-grotesque.wav Forms: grotesques [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French grotesque, from Italian grottesco (“of a cave”), from grotta. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|frm|grotesque}} Middle French grotesque, {{der|fr|it|grottesco||of a cave}} Italian grottesco (“of a cave”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} grotesque (plural grotesques)
  1. farcical (ridiculous)
    Sense id: en-grotesque-fr-adj-IUmKqmxu
  2. grotesque
    Sense id: en-grotesque-fr-adj-lmpMb-rp

Noun

IPA: /ɡʁɔ.tɛsk/ Audio: Fr-Paris--grotesque.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-grotesque.wav Forms: grotesques [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French grotesque, from Italian grottesco (“of a cave”), from grotta. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|frm|grotesque}} Middle French grotesque, {{der|fr|it|grottesco||of a cave}} Italian grottesco (“of a cave”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} grotesque m (plural grotesques)
  1. grotesqueness Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-grotesque-fr-noun-NZ5e1-yA Disambiguation of Appearance: 0 0 100 Categories (other): Middle French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle French entries with incorrect language header: 24 3 7 14 1 5 3 0 0 33 0 1 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 21 4 7 14 2 5 4 0 0 36 0 2 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 2 5 16 1 3 3 0 0 43 0 1 4 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 98

Inflected forms

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