Mostly from French, for word/syllable endings

arabesque

baroque

barque

Basque

bisque

boutique

Braque

brusque

burlesque

catafalque

cheque (US check)

cinque

cirque

clique

critique

Dominique

discotheque

grotesque

Junoesque

macaque

marquee

Martinique

masque

monocoque

mosque

Mozambique

mystique

oblique

opaque

physique

picaresque

picturesque

pique

plaque

Romanesque

Roquefort

technique

toque

torque

unique

but at the start of
queue

4 responses to “que as in cheque”

  1. Krona Emmanuel says:

    Great List! I am using it to help me to win the Spelling Bee. I was amazed when I found lorquette here (not on this page, on the previous one). I have googled it but have not found any definition of it. Can anybody help me?

    • alison says:

      Oh, isn’t that funny, now I can’t find a definition of “lorquette” either. I must have gotten the word from my rhyming dictionary, which doesn’t have definitions, but for unusual patterns I just took its word that the words are words. Time to get the really superduper Oxford dictionary, or ask someone who speaks French I guess

  2. Kylie Ridler says:

    The word lorquette appears once in the book – Lucia Dare by Filia (Sarah Anne Dorsey) – “The gentle- man had stepped into an optician’s, on the Rue de la Paix; he came out, holding a lorquette in his hand.”

    I also found the word lorquette repeatedly in jeweler adverts in American newspapers from late 1800s e.g. “WILL SELL AND COMPETE WITH EASTERN PRICES. BELTS, BLOUSE SETS. BAGS, TURTLE COMBS OF SIX DIFFERENT STYLES. OSTRICH FANS. LORQUETTE CHAIN’S, BRACELETS. SKIRT PINS AND ONE HUNDRED DIFFERENT VARIETIES JUST RECEIVED FROM THE MANUFACTURERS.”

    I thing it may be an Americanized version of the word Lorgnette https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorgnette

  3. Moira says:

    Poem4Alison:

    Amazing list!
    What a twist!
    I need this for my college homework,
    Thanks a bit!
    Good ‘que’ sounds
    And good rhyming b-sounds
    And I’ll share this with my friends,
    Until time ends!

    Not to mention,
    I won’t get detention
    Because with this evolution,
    It is my destination,
    Now and forever,
    Thanks a lot,
    You saved my fever
    Forever and ever

    Maybe you should,
    Add more words,
    Good things,
    Good thoughts,
    And brilliant sensation
    My homework is done,
    Oh gee, what fun!
    This poem is for Alison,
    The good hardworking person

    This poem is long, but it is worth it
    Stay here long enough, and it won’t hurt a bit
    Get the PC,
    and you will do a hit,
    Go viral today,
    With the k-pop’s new hits.

    Make more, please
    I will do anything you ease,
    And I’m from Greece,
    I love Mac & Cheese

    Thanks for listening,
    My eyes are glistening,
    Homework is done,
    And you’re the one!

    (ALL MADE BY ME)
    (THOUGHTS BY ME)
    (RHYMING BY ME)
    thx Alison!

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