flik
See also: flík
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from French flic (“cop, policeman”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “are the other senses the same etymology? seems unlikely”)
Noun edit
flik m (plural flikken, diminutive flikje n)
- (informal, chiefly Belgium) Synonym of politieagent (“police officer”)
- (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly plural) paw, mitt (crude term for a human hand)
- Synonym: poot
- Blijf met je gore flikken van mijn drank af!
- Keep your filthy mitts off my booze!
- (slang, dated) homosexual
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
flik
- inflection of flikken:
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
flik c
- a (hanging or projecting) corner (on something soft, especially fabric), a flap
- a flap (of an envelope or the like)
- att stänga fliken på kuvertet
- to close the flap of the envelope
- a tab (navigational widget)
Declension edit
| Declension of flik | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | flik | fliken | flikar | flikarna |
| Genitive | fliks | flikens | flikars | flikarnas |