# blik
## English
### Etymology

Coined by R. M. Hare in 1950.

### Noun

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

* bilk

## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German blick, from Old Saxon blikan.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blek/, [b̥leɡ̊]

#### Noun

blik n (singular definite blikket, plural indefinite blikke)
* a look, a glance

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

From Old Norse blik, from Middle Low German blick.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blek/, [b̥leɡ̊]

#### Noun

blik n
* (archaic) calm sea, dead calm

##### Usage notes

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

### Etymology 3

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blek/, [b̥leɡ̊]

#### Noun

blik n (singular definite blikket, not used in plural form)
* sheet metal (of any metal, e.g. aluminium or tin-coated iron)

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

blik m (plural blikken, diminutive blikje n)
* a glance
* (obsolete) a ray, a beam

##### Derived terms

* ogenblik
* terugblik

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: blik
* → Sranan Tongo: blek

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch blic. Related to bleek.

#### Noun

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

* bierblik
* blikken
* blikslager
* inblikken
* statusblik

##### Descendants

* 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
** → Kari'na: perekyry
** → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: prēnkri

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

blik
* inflection of blikken:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Icelandic
### Etymology

See blika (“to shine, gleam”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /plɪːk/
* Rhymes: -ɪːk

### Noun

blik n (genitive singular bliks, nominative plural blik)
* gleam, twinkle

#### Derived terms

* augnablik

#### Related terms

* blika

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Blick. First attested in 1689.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈblik/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ik
* Syllabification: blik

### Noun

blik m inan
* (art) impasto paint
* (photography) light leak

#### Derived terms

* blikować impf

### References

* ↑ 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

* blik in Polish dictionaries at PWN