kwik

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English

Adjective

kwik (comparative kwikker, superlative kwikkest)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of quick.

Usage notes

  • Phonemic spelling, generally used in commercial names, like Kwik Meal.

Afrikaans

Chemical element
Hg
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Etymology

From Dutch kwik, short for kwikzilver.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kvək/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

kwik (uncountable)

  1. mercury

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl
Chemical element
Hg
Previous: goud (Au)
Next: thallium (Tl)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From kwikzilver.

Noun

kwik n (uncountable)

  1. the element mercury
  2. (metonymous) the temperature
    Het kwik is vannacht tot onder nul gedaald.
    The mercury has dropped to below zero (centigrade) tonight.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kwik
  • → Caribbean Javanese: kuwig
  • → Papiamentu: kuek, kwik
  • → Sranan Tongo: kwek
  • → West Frisian: kwik

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch quic, from Old Dutch quic, from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz. Compare English quick.

Adjective

kwik (comparative kwikker, superlative kwikst)

  1. Alternative form of kwiek
Declension
Declension of kwik
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

Etymology

From Dutch kwik.

Pronunciation

Noun

kwik n

  1. (uncountable) mercury
  2. A part of mercury

Inflection

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Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from kwiczeć.

Pronunciation

Interjection

kwik

  1. oink, squeak (used to imitate the sound a pig or boar makes)

Noun

kwik m inan

  1. oink, squeak (high-pitched sound made by pigs, boars, horses, or other animals)
  2. squeak (high-pitched sound made by a person that the speaker does not like)

Declension

Declension of kwik
singular
nominative kwik
genitive kwika
dative kwikowi
accusative kwik
instrumental kwikiem
locative kwiku
vocative kwiku
nouns
verbs

Further reading

  • kwik I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kwik II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kwik in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian quik, from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (“living; active”). More at quick.

Adjective

kwik

  1. perk; nimble

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English quick.

Adjective

kwik

  1. quick
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