pik

See also: PIK, Pik, pik-, and pïk

Albanian

Etymology

A descriptive term, similar to Italian piccare (“to prick”).

Verb

pik (aorist pika, participle pikur)

1. to fill (holes), to pierce
2. to make bitter

Noun

pik m (plural pikë, definite piku, definite plural pikët)

1. spotted woodpecker

Related terms

• pikë

Breton

Noun

pik m

1. dot

Cebuano

Noun

pik

1. rock paper scissors

Verb

pik

1. to play rock paper scissors
2. to pick an it; to take turns picking a team or members of a team using rock paper scissors

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɪk]
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Noun

pik

1. inflection of pika:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural
2. nominative/accusative/vocative of piky

Danish

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *pikkaz, cognate with Norwegian pikk, Swedish pick, Dutch pik. The word is a variant of Proto-Germanic *pīkaz, which is the source of Danish pig, English pike.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pek/, [ˈpʰeɡ̊]

Noun

pik c (singular definite pikken, plural indefinite pikke)

1. (vulgar) cock, penis
   • 2014, Tore Renberg, Vi ses i morgen, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Eller ladmig sige det således, måtte du aldrig se min pik – din pik –på en tvskærm.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2010, Hanne-Vibeke Holst, Kongemordet, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Er din pik ikke blevet ualmindelig slap?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1974, Anders Bodelsen, Uden for nummer:

     Det var Naja, gabende af søvnighed, men stadig lige netop vågen nok til at sige: - Jeg vil se din pik. - Det må du ikke, sagde Benny og prøvede at stille sig sådan at pigen faktisk ikke så noget.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of pik

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pik	pikken	pikke	pikkene
genitive	piks	pikkens	pikkes	pikkenes

Synonyms

• diller
• kæp
• penis
• pjovert
• sjover
• tissemand
• tredje ben

 

Derived terms

• pikhoved
• pikskaft

References

• “pik,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Verbal noun to pikke (“peck”), from Old Norse pikka, pjakka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pik/, [ˈpʰiɡ̊]
• Homophone: pig

Noun

pik n (singular definite pikket, plural indefinite pik)

1. peck (like a bird's peck)

Declension

Declension of pik

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pik	pikket	pik	pikkene
genitive	piks	pikkets	piks	pikkenes

References

• “pik,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pik
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

From pikken. Compare the similar meanings in Scandinavian languages, e.g. Danish pik, Norwegian Bokmål pikk.

Noun

pik m (plural pikken, diminutive pikje n or pikkie n)

1. (Netherlands, informal) penis

   Synonym: penis

   Ik smeekte hem om zijn pik terug in mijn kontje te stoppen.

   I begged him to put his dick back into my butthole.

2. a down, prejudiced attitude against someone who is thus 'picked on', especially from a position of authority

   Ik zweer man, zij heeft een pik op ons. Wat hebben wij haar aangedaan zelfs?

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (Netherlands, informal) mate, bro

   Hé pik, heb je vorige week nog rust gehad?

   Hey mate, have you had any rest last week?

Usage notes

• The use of this word as a term of address among friends is particularly associated with students.

Derived terms

• mazzelpik

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch pic, variant of pec.

Noun

pik n or m (uncountable)

1. (dated) Alternative form of pek

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch picke, from Old Dutch *pīk, from Proto-West Germanic *pīk (“pickaxe, sharp point”).

Noun

pik f (plural pikken, diminutive pikje n)

1. pick, pickaxe

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: piki

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pik

1. inflection of pikken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• kip

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ပိတ် (pit).

Noun

pik

1. linen cloth

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[1], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [pʲik]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /pʲik/
• Bender phonemes: {pik}

Etymology 1

Derived terms

• pikin
• Pikinni

Noun

pik

1. a plane surface
2. a layer
3. a stratum

Etymology 2

From pikpik.

Verb

pik

1. to fly

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Middle English

Noun

pik

1. Alternative form of pyke

Mokilese

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pika (“sand”), cognate with Pohnpeian pihk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpik/

Noun

pik

1. sand

Derived terms

• piki
• pikapik

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpik/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: pik

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pique. Doublet of pika.

Noun

pik m inan (related adjective pikowy)

1. (card games) spades (card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps)
2. (card games) spade (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♠)

Adjective

pik (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (card games, postpositive, relational) spades (card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps)

   Synonyms: pikowy, winny, wino

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English peak.

Noun

pik m inan

1. (sailing) peak (the upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail)
2. peak (single "mountain" in a spectrum or similar scientific signal)

Declension

Declension of pik

	singular	plural
nominative	pik	piki
genitive	pika	pików
dative	pikowi	pikom
accusative	pik	piki
instrumental	pikiem	pikami
locative	piku	pikach
vocative	piku	piki

Etymology 3

Deverbal from pikać.

Alternative forms

• pik-pik

Interjection

pik

1. beep, peep, pip (used to imitate the high and short sound that some electronic devices make)
2. dub (used to imitate the sound made when the heart beats)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

pik f

1. genitive plural of pika

Further reading

• pik I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pik II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pik III in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• pik in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pîk/

Declension

Declension of pik

	singular	plural
nominative	pik	pikovi
genitive	pika	pikovā
dative	piku	pikovima
accusative	pik	pikove
vocative	piku	pikovi
locative	piku	pikovima
instrumental	pikom	pikovima

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Pik.

Noun

pȉk m (Cyrillic spelling пи̏к)

1. ♠, spades in card- and boardgames

Etymology 2

Noun

pȉk m (Cyrillic spelling пи̏к)

1. (childish, Croatia) used in set phrases in a certain children’s game “pik spas” to denote a safe place
   • 2012 August 19, Denis Giljević, “Morska zvijezda morski praščić – Deveti i deseti dan”, in Roditelji.hr‎^[2]:

     Čim naiđe malo veći val, on zbriše na ručnik. Pik spas za njega.

     As soon as a larger wave finds to him just a little, he rescues himself by the towel. Safe.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish pica.

Noun

pȉk m (Cyrillic spelling пи̏к)

1. (archaic) place of skirmish, battleground
   • 1861, Grgo Martić, Osvetnici, volume 3, Zagreb: Dragotin Albrecht, page 116:

     Borba dura i do pola dana, a nijedna ne odstupa strana sa svojega pika i mejdana.

     The fight is long and lasts till noon, but no side steps away from its field and ground.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from German Pik, Pick, like Serbo-Croatian imati pik na koga used in the phrase einen Pik auf jemanden haben.

Noun

pȉk m (Cyrillic spelling пи̏к)

1. shrewdness, scoff, wont to be mean
   • 1924, Branislav Nušić, Autobiografija, Srpski jezik:

     Te su protine misli bile u stvari vrlo utešne za mene, ali mi pred profesorom nisu mogle ništa pomoći. On je odlučno tražio od mene da mu kažem peti padež od imenice pas, čemu sam se ja odlučno odupro beskrajnim ćutanjem, jednom od onih mojih osobina kojom sam se često u školi odlikovao.
     A koliko je ovaj profesor imao pik baš na padeže, pokazaće i slučaj nekoga Stanoja Stambolića. Jedno popodne, za vreme velikoga posta, on diže ruku i zamoli:
     – Molim, gospodine, da idem u avliji.
     – Reci, Stamboliću, tu rečenicu pravilno, pa ću te pustiti – odgovori mu profesor.
     Stambolić se zbuni, uzvrda se pa očajno ponovi:
     – Molim, gospodine, da idem u avliji!
     – Reci pravilno pa ću te pustiti. Stambolić poče da se znoji i previja, koje zbog padeža a koje zbog nevolje radi koje je molio da izađe. Šapću mu drugovi i dobacuju, a Stambolić se oznojio, pocrveneo, digao jednu nogu i uvio je oko druge, pa dreknu: – U avliju!
     – Tako, sad je pravilno, sad možeš ići! – veli profesor.

     These contrary thoughts were actually very comforting for me, but they could not help me in front of the professor. He resolutely asked me to tell him the fifth case of the noun “dog” which I resolutely resisted with endless silence, one of my qualities I was distinguished by in school.
     And the extent to which this professor had a wont to be mean just with the cases, the case of some Stanoje Stambolić will also show. One afternoon, at the time of Great Lent, he raises his hand and begs:
     – Please, Sir, let me go on the schoolyard.
     – Say, Stambolić, that sentence correctly, and I will let you go – the professor replies.
     Stambolić is perplexed, squirms and repeats desperately:
     – Please, Sir, let me go on the schoolyard!
     – Say it right and I'll let you go. Stambolić began to sweat and bend, partially because of the case and partially because of mishap by reason of which he asked to go out. Friends whisper to him and throw the ball to him, but Stambolić sweats, blushes, pulls one leg and twists it around the other, and then shouts: – To the schoolyard!
     – Like this, it is right now, you can go now! – says the professor.

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Venetan pico or Dalmatian pik.

Noun

pȉk m (Cyrillic spelling пи̏к)

1. a diagonal beam on which a sail is attached, called gaff in English

   Synonyms: sȍšnjāk, šȍšnjāk, làntīna

Etymology 6

Borrowed from German Pik.

Interjection

pȉk (Cyrillic spelling пи̏к)

1. (colloquial) used when something is pricked, a sound made when a puncture is performed

Etymology 7

Borrowed from French pic.

Noun

pȉk m (Cyrillic spelling пи̏к)

1. peak

References

• “pik”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 4, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1971, published 1990, page 419
• “pik”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024 or “pik”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish pīker, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz.

Noun

pik c

1. a pike (sharp point)
2. a pike (weapon)
3. a dig, a jab ((slightly) mean, often sarcastic, comment)

   ge någon en pik

   have a dig at someone

4. (diving, gymnastics) pike (position)

Declension

Declension of pik

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	pik	piks
	definite	piken	pikens
plural	indefinite	pikar	pikars
	definite	pikarna	pikarnas

Related terms

• pika

See also

• känga

References

• pik in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pik in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pik in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• pik in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English pig.

Noun

pik

1. pig

Etymology 2

From English pick.

Noun

pik

1. pick, pickaxe

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

pik ?

1. spear

Volapük

Noun

pik (nominative plural piks)

1. (card games) A spade in a deck of cards

Declension

declension of pik

	singular	plural
nominative	pik	piks
genitive	pika	pikas
dative	pike	pikes
accusative	piki	pikis
vocative 1	o pik!	o piks!
predicative 2	piku	pikus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only