Definition
Resembling or characteristic of a harlequin in style, behavior, or appearance; whimsical or trickster-like.
Etymology
From harlequin plus the suffix -esque (meaning 'in the style of' or 'resembling'), a suffix borrowed from French and Italian. This creates an adjective describing harlequin-like qualities.
Kelly Says
The -esque suffix is French borrowing that lets English speakers instantly convert any noun into an adjective meaning 'in that style'—so we get Kafkaesque, Orwellian-style descriptions from a single suffix that really shows how flexible English becomes when it borrows.
Translations
ARالعربية
بزخرفة هزلية
bi-zakhrafa hazaliya
BNবাংলা
হ্যারলেকিন
ha-ar-le-kin
CACatalà
harlequí
har-le-ki
CSČeština
harlekýnský
har-le-ki-ns-ky
DADansk
harlekin
har-le-kin
DEDeutsch
harlekinisch
har-le-ki-ni-sch
ELΕλληνικά
αρλεκίνος
ar-le-ki-nos
ESEspañol
harlequín
ar-le-ki-n
FAفارسی
هارلِکِین
ha-rli-kin
FISuomi
harlekinmainen
har-le-ki-mai-nen
FRFrançais
harlequinien
ar-le-ki-e-an
GUGU
હાર્લેકિન
haar-le-kin
HAHA
harlequin
har-le-kin
HEעברית
הארליקוין
ha-ar-le-ki-n
HIहिन्दी
हारलेक़िन जैसा
haar-le-ki-n jaisa
HUMagyar
harlekin
har-le-kin
IDBahasa Indonesia
seperti harlequin
se-pa-ti har-le-kin
IGIG
harlequin
har-le-kin
ITItaliano
arlecchino
ar-le-ki-no
JA日本語
ハーレクイン風の
haa-re-ku-in-no-ma-de
KMKM
ហារឡេគីន
ha-ar-le-ke-in
KO한국어
arle키니스러운
a-re-ke-ni-se-ru-un
MRMR
हॅरलेकिन
ha-ar-le-kin
MSBahasa Melayu
harlequin
har-le-kin
MYမြန်မာ
ဟာလီကွင်း
ha-lee-ku-ng
NLNederlands
harlekijn
har-le-ki-n
NONorsk
harlekin
har-le-kin
PAPA
ਹਾਰਲੇਕਿਨ
haar-le-kin
PLPolski
harlekinowy
har-le-ki-no-wy
PTPortuguês
harlequinesco
ar-le-ki-nes-ko
RORomână
harlequin
har-le-kin
RUРусский
арлекинский
ar-le-kin-skiy
SVSvenska
harlekin
har-le-kin
SWKiswahili
harlequin
har-le-kin
TAதமிழ்
ஹார்லெகின்
haar-le-kin
TEతెలుగు
హార్లెకిన్
haar-le-kin
THไทย
แบบ Harlequin
baep har-le-kin
TLTL
harlequin
har-le-kin
TRTürkçe
harlequin
har-le-kin
UKУкраїнська
арлекінський
ar-le-kin-skiy
URاردو
ہارلیquín
haar-le-ki-n
VITiếng Việt
phong cách Harlequin
phong cach har-le-kin
YOYO
harlequin
har-le-kin
ZH中文
哈里昆风格的
ha-li-kun-fēng-gé-de
ZUZU
harlequin
har-le-kin