blik
English edit
Etymology edit
Coined by R. M. Hare in 1950.
Noun edit
blik (plural bliks)
- (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 edit
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German blick, from Old Saxon blikan.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
blik n (singular definite blikket, plural indefinite blikke)
Inflection edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse blik, from Middle Low German blick.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
blik n
Usage notes edit
Only used in the compounds blikstille ("dead calm", adjective and noun) and havblik ("dead calm", "calm sea").
Etymology 3 edit
From Middle Low German bleck, from Old Saxon *blek, from Proto-West Germanic *blik, from Proto-Germanic *bliką (“metal”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
blik n (singular definite blikket, not used in plural form)
- sheet metal (of any metal, e.g. aluminium or tin-coated iron)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch blic, ultimately from the root of blijken (“to appear”).
Noun edit
blik m (plural blikken, diminutive blikje n)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Sranan Tongo: blek
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch blic. Related to bleek.
Noun edit
blik n (plural blikken, diminutive blikje n)
- 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.
- Sheet metal, tin plate; the metallic material tins are made of, often coated with tin or pewter.
- A dustpan.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- 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
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
blik
- inflection of blikken:
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
See blika (“to shine, gleam”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
blik n (genitive singular bliks, nominative plural blik)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Blick. First attested in 1689.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
blik m inan
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- blikować impf
References edit
Further reading edit
- blik in Polish dictionaries at PWN