-esque

es que esque English Alternative forms en -esq' rare Etymology en :bor fr:-esque 1 en fr -esque -ish, -ic, -esque, from en it -esco, from en la -iscus, of en gem - origin, from en lng -isc -ish, from en gmw-pro *-isk, from en gem-pro *-iskaz -ish, from en ine-pro *-iskos. Cognate with goh -isc (de -isch), ang -isċ, non -iskr, got -𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃. en -ish -ski. Pronunciation en /ɛsk/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--esque.wav Southern England Suffix In the style or manner of; appended to nouns, especially proper nouns, and forming adjectives. en Kafkaesque Kafkaesque en August 21, 2012 Jason Heller The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review) w:The Onion AV Club http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-darkness-hot-cakes,84036/ 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20130330184622/http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-darkness-hot-cakes,84036/ resembling; appended to nouns, especially proper nouns, and forming adjectives. en 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. Man wins legal right to be 'boring' at work, gets $3K from company B. Cost 2022-11-25 2022-11-27 w:New York Post NYP Holdings https://nypost.com/2022/11/25/frenchman-wins-the-right-to-be-no-fun-at-work/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250818014944/https://nypost.com/2022/11/25/frenchman-wins-the-right-to-be-no-fun-at-work/ en https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/0417/trump-culture-kennedy-center-smithsonian w:The Christian Science Monitor How Donald Trump is upending American culture Linda Feldmann 2025-04-17 But amid all the disruption and norm-breaking, it’s Mr. Trump’s apparently keen interest in shaping American culture that may be most intriguing. To critics, it’s nothing less than a sign of his authoritarian bent – reminiscent of the Stalin-esque playbook that made government diktats over artistic expression a feature of the old Soviet Union. https://web.archive.org/web/20250420140833/https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2025/0417/trump-culture-kennedy-center-smithsonian Synonyms resembling en para-, en -oid, en -form/en -iform, en -ish, en -ly, en -some, en -y, en restricted to casual registers en -ass resembling, forms adjectives from nouns only en -like Derived terms en Translations Note: these translations are a guide only. For more precise translations, see individual words ending in -esque. in the style of Catalan: ca -esc Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 式 ... shì de -式的 Danish: da -isk Dutch: nl -esk Esperanto: eo -eca, eo -eska, eo laŭ-…-a Finnish: fi -mainen French: fr -esque German: de -esk Hungarian: hu -i Italian: it -esco Japanese: ja っぽい -ppoi Polish: pl -owski Portuguese: pt -esco Romanian: ro -esc m Russian: ru -е́скный Spanish: es -esco Swedish: sv -isk c, sv -iskt n, sv -aktig Thai: th แนว Turkish: tr -esk, tr -vari, tr -sel, tr -ce resembling Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 似 ... shì de -似的 Danish: da -agtig, da -lignende Dutch: nl -esk Esperanto: eo -eca, eo -simila, eo -ŝajna Finnish: fi -mainen French: fr -esque Hungarian: hu -szerű Polish: pl -owy Portuguese: pt -esco Russian: ru -подо́бный Spanish: es -esco Swedish: sv -lik c, sv -likt n, sv -aktig Thai: th แนว, th แบบ, th อย่าง Turkish: tr -esk, tr -vari Anagrams en eeqsu eques squee en productive suffixes French Etymology fr suf :bor it:-esco<id:suf> 1 fr it -esco. fr -ais -ois. Pronunciation Suffix en -esque Derived terms fr Descendants en -esque 1 nl -esk 1