kwik
English
editAdjective
editkwik (comparative kwikker, superlative kwikkest)
- Eye dialect spelling of quick.
Usage notes
edit- Phonemic spelling, generally used in commercial names, like Kwik Meal.
Afrikaans
editChemical element | |
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Hg | |
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Etymology
editFrom Dutch kwik, short for kwikzilver.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkwik (uncountable)
Dutch
editChemical element | |
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Hg | |
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Next: thallium (Tl) |
Pronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom kwikzilver.
Noun
editkwik n (uncountable)
- the element mercury
- (metonymous) the temperature
- Het kwik is vannacht tot onder nul gedaald.
- The mercury has dropped to below zero (centigrade) tonight.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: kwik
- → Caribbean Javanese: kuwig
- → Papiamentu: kuek, kwik
- → Sranan Tongo: kwek
- → West Frisian: kwik
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle Dutch quic, from Old Dutch quic, from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz. Compare English quick.
Adjective
editkwik (comparative kwikker, superlative kwikst)
- Alternative form of kwiek.
Inflection
editDeclension of kwik | ||||
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uninflected | kwik | |||
inflected | kwikke | |||
comparative | kwikker | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | kwik | kwikker | het kwikst het kwikste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | kwikke | kwikkere | kwikste |
n. sing. | kwik | kwikker | kwikste | |
plural | kwikke | kwikkere | kwikste | |
definite | kwikke | kwikkere | kwikste | |
partitive | kwiks | kwikkers | — |
Limburgish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkwik n
- (uncountable) mercury
- A part of mercury
Inflection
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Saterland Frisian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Frisian quik, from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (“living; active”). More at quick.
Adjective
editkwik
Tok Pisin
editEtymology
editAdjective
editkwik
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