blik

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English

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Etymology

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Coined by R. M. Hare in 1950.

Noun

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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.

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Danish

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German blick, from Old Saxon blikan.

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Noun

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blik n (singular definite blikket, plural indefinite blikke)

  1. a look, a glance
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse blik, from Middle Low German blick.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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blik n

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

Etymology 3

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

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Noun

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

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

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /blɪk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: blik
  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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blik m (plural blikken, diminutive blikje n)

  1. a glance
  2. (obsolete) a ray, a beam
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: blik
  • Sranan Tongo: blek

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch blic. Related to bleek.

Noun

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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
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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blik

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

Icelandic

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Etymology

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See blika (to shine, gleam)

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Noun

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blik n (genitive singular bliks, nominative plural blik)

  1. gleam, twinkle

Declension

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    Declension of blik
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative blik blikið blik blikin
accusative blik blikið blik blikin
dative bliki blikinu blikum blikunum
genitive bliks bliksins blika blikanna

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from German Blick. First attested in 1689.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈblik/
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  • Rhymes: -ik
  • Syllabification: blik

Noun

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blik m inan

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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verb

References

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  1. ^ Dorota Adamiec (2011 May 5) “BLIK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading

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  • blik in Polish dictionaries at PWN