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Frenchesque

Frenchesque is the alternative form of French-esque.

Meaning of French-esque

Adjective

French-esque (comparative more French-esque, superlative most French-esque)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the French; somewhat French.
    • Marco Pierre White joined egos with Rocco Forte late in 1995 to liven up this heaven-to-behold gold mosaic-tiled Byzantine hall with a spiffy French-esque menu, executed by a pair of head chefs for a clientele used to exercising its taste buds at all the best places.1996, Kate Sekules, London by Night (Frommer’s), New York, N.Y.: Macmillan Travel, →ISBN, page 157
  2. Resembling or characteristic of the French language.
    • Diamonique is Kathy Levine’s best friend. […] But Levine (pronounced le-VIN) has ridden her ability to hawk—everything from mock diamonds bearing a French[-]esque trade name to patterned sweaters to her own sparkling personality—to a surprising and burgeoning celebrity.1995 December 12, Steve Johnson, “Queen of QVC: Kathy Levine’s pitching is her road to big time”, in Chicago Tribune, 149th year, number 346, Chicago, Ill., section 5, page 1

Forms of Frenchesque

comparativemore Frenchesque
superlativemost Frenchesque

Questions about Frenchesque

What is Frenchesque the alternative form of?
Frenchesque is the alternative form of French-esque.

Words near Frenchesque in the dictionary

  1. Frencher
  2. Frencheries
  3. Frenchers
  4. Frenchery
  5. frenches
  6. Frenchesque
  7. Frenchest
  8. Frenchie
  9. Frenchier
  10. Frenchies
  11. Frenchiest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Frenchesque (page history and authors); French-esque (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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