-esque

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-esque

/ɛsk/

Where it comes from

Borrowed 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.

suffix more -esque · most -esque · -esq'

morpheme In the style or manner of; appended to nouns, especially proper nouns, and forming adjectives. Kafkaesque
morpheme Resembling; appended to nouns, especially proper nouns, and forming adjectives. 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.
Similar: para-, -oid, -form, -iform, -ish, -ly, -some, -y, -ass, -like

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suffix in the style of

Español	-esco
日本語	っぽい -ppoi
中文	-式的 ... shì de
Português	-esco
Français	-esque
Deutsch	-esk
Italiano	-esco
Română	-esc
Русский	-е́скный -ésknyj

suffix resembling

Español	-esco
中文	-似的 ... shì de
Português	-esco
Français	-esque
Русский	-подо́бный -podóbnyj

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BibTeX

@misc{esque_2026,
  title = {-esque},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-esque},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}