esque
French, noun/ɛsk/
esque is spelled E-S-Q-U-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 70,496th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esque is a French feminine noun meaning “bait used for fishing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appât animal ou végétal utilisé par les pêcheurs pour attirer le poisson”.
What does esque mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebait used for fishing
suffix
- 1
-esque
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Suffixe utilisé pour former des adjectifs qui indiquent une caractéristique, une ressemblance, une qualité, souvent à partir d’un radical issu d’un nom propre (pour décrire un lieu ou encore un style artistique ou politique).
noun: 1. Appât animal ou végétal utilisé par les pêcheurs pour attirer le poisson.
adverb: 1. Variante de est-ce que.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of esque
- esques plural
- esche
- aiche
- èche
- eske
- esk
- esqe
- aisque
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esque?
- /ɛsk/
- \ɛsk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is esque in French?
esque appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).