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riscant
risky /risˈkant/
adjective#4420 most common
Also: hazardous, chancy, venturesome
Example sentences
Acest sport este riscant.
This sport is risky.
Nu este riscant să mergi acolo noaptea?
Isn't it risky to go there at night?
Investiția pe care vrei s-o faci mi se pare riscantă.
The investment you want to make seems risky to me.
Șoferii care depășesc viteza legală pe ploaie fac o manevră riscantă.
Drivers who exceed the speed limit in the rain make a risky maneuver.
Deciziile riscante luate de conducerea companiei au dus, în cele din urmă, la pierderi financiare considerabile.
The risky decisions made by the company's leadership eventually led to considerable financial losses.
Escaladarea acelui perete stâncos fără echipament adecvat rămâne una dintre cele mai riscante activități pe care le-a întreprins vreodată, cu toate că își cunoștea perfect limitele.
Climbing that rock face without proper equipment remains one of the riskiest activities he has ever undertaken, even though he knew his limits perfectly well.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | riscant (m) / riscantă (f) | riscanți (m) / riscante (f) |
| Genitive | riscant (m) / riscante (f) | riscanți (m) / riscante (f) |
| Accusative | riscant (m) / riscantă (f) | riscanți (m) / riscante (f) |
| Vocative | riscant (m) / riscantă (f) | riscanți (m) / riscante (f) |
Word family
Etymology
Romanian built "riscant" from the verb "a risca" (to risk) plus the adjectival suffix "-ant," a pattern the language borrowed heavily from French to turn verbs into descriptive adjectives, as in "amuzant" or "enervant." The underlying noun "risc" and verb "a risca" entered Romanian through French "risque"/"risquer" during the 19th-century wave of French loanwords that reshaped much of the modern Romanian vocabulary. The ultimate source of French "risque" itself is disputed among etymologists, with some tracing it to Italian "rischio," so no secure Proto-Indo-European root can be given.
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