blik

English

Etymology

Coined by R. M. Hare in 1950.

Noun

blik (plural bliks)

1. (philosophy) An unfalsifiable belief underpinning a worldview.
   • 1950, R. M. Hare, Theology and Falsification:

     Let us call that in which we differ from this lunatic, our respective bliks. He has an insane blik about dons; we have a sane one. It is important to realize that we have a sane one, not no blik at all; for there must be two sides to any argument — if he has a wrong blik, then those who are right about dons must have a right one.

Anagrams

• bilk

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German blick, from Old Saxon blikan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blek/, [b̥leɡ̊]

Noun

blik n (singular definite blikket, plural indefinite blikke)

1. a look, a glance

Inflection

Declension of blik

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	blik	blikket	blikke	blikkene
genitive	bliks	blikkets	blikkes	blikkenes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse blik, from Middle Low German blick.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blek/, [b̥leɡ̊]

Noun

blik n

1. (archaic) calm sea, dead calm

Usage notes

Only used in the compounds blikstille ("dead calm", adjective and noun) and havblik ("dead calm", "calm sea").

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German bleck, from Old Saxon *blek, from Proto-West Germanic *blik, from Proto-Germanic *bliką (“metal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blek/, [b̥leɡ̊]

Noun

blik n (singular definite blikket, not used in plural form)

1. sheet metal (of any metal, e.g. aluminium or tin-coated iron)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɪk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: blik
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch blic, ultimately from the root of blijken (“to appear”).

Noun

blik m (plural blikken, diminutive blikje n)

1. A glance.
2. (obsolete) A ray, a beam.

Derived terms

• ogenblik
• terugblik

Descendants

• → Sranan Tongo: blek

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch blic. Related to bleek.

Noun

blik n (plural blikken, diminutive blikje n)

1. A can, a tin (container).

   Ze haalde een blikje uit de automaat.

   She got a can from the vending machine.

   Het enige winkeltje in het dorp verkocht alleen groente in blik.

   The only shop in the village only sold canned vegetables.

2. Sheet metal, tin plate; the metallic material tins are made of, often coated with tin or pewter.
3. A dustpan.

Derived terms

• blikken
• blikslager
• inblikken

Descendants

• Afrikaans: blik
• Jersey Dutch: blikki (from the diminutive)
• → Caribbean Javanese: blèg
• → Japanese: ブリキ
• → Javanese: blek
• → Kwinti: beenki
• → Papiamentu: bleki, blikki (from the diminutive)
• → Saramaccan: beénki
• → Sranan Tongo: brekri, blek
  • → Kari'na: perekyry
  • → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: prēnkri

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

blik

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of blikken
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of blikken

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Icelandic

Etymology

See blika (“to shine, gleam”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɪːk/
• Rhymes: -ɪːk

Noun

blik n (genitive singular bliks, nominative plural blik)

1. gleam, twinkle

Derived terms

• augnablik

Related terms

• blika

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Blick. First attested in 1689

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blik/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: blik

Noun

blik m inan

1. (art) impasto paint
2. (photography) light leak

Declension

Declension of blik

	singular	plural
nominative	blik	bliki
genitive	blika	blików
dative	blikowi	blikom
accusative	blik	bliki
instrumental	blikiem	blikami
locative	bliku	blikach
vocative	bliku	bliki

Derived terms

verb

• blikować impf

 

Further reading

• blik in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• blik in Polish dictionaries at PWN