blik
English
editEtymology
editCoined by R. M. Hare in 1950.
Noun
editblik (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
editDanish
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Low German blick, from Old Saxon blikan.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editblik n (singular definite blikket, plural indefinite blikke)
Inflection
editEtymology 2
editFrom Old Norse blik, from Middle Low German blick.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editblik n
Usage notes
editOnly used in the compounds blikstille ("dead calm", adjective and noun) and havblik ("dead calm", "calm sea").
Etymology 3
editFrom Middle Low German bleck, from Old Saxon *blek, from Proto-West Germanic *blik, from Proto-Germanic *bliką (“metal”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editblik n (singular definite blikket, not used in plural form)
- sheet metal (of any metal, e.g. aluminium or tin-coated iron)
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Dutch blic, ultimately from the root of blijken (“to appear”).
Noun
editblik m (plural blikken, diminutive blikje n)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editFrom Middle Dutch blic. Related to bleek.
Noun
editblik 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
editDescendants
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
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editblik
- inflection of blikken:
Icelandic
editEtymology
editSee blika (“to shine, gleam”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editblik n (genitive singular bliks, nominative plural blik)
Declension
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editPolish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Blick. First attested in 1689.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editblik m inan
Declension
editDerived terms
edit- blikować impf
References
editFurther reading
edit- blik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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