How do you pronounce picturesque?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɪkt͡ʃəˈɹɛsk/.

picturesque

/ˌpɪkt͡ʃəˈɹɛsk/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

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"We looked down onto a beautiful, picturesque sunset over the ocean."
"A two minutes' walk brought Warwick—the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him—to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view."
"A dear old lady said she thought the ancient castle at Conway most picturesque, but that it was a pity they put it so close to the railway!"
"The Australian teens, both from Melbourne, were enjoying a backpacking trip when they became ill after a night out in Vang Vieng. The picturesque rural town in northern Laos has long been a popular backpacking spot."
"picturesque language"

From picture + -esque, a calque of French pittoresque, from picture (“a picture, painting”).

more picturesque (comparative) most picturesque (superlative) picture-skew (alternative, humorous)

picturesquely picturesqueness picturesquish unpicturesque

quaint scenic