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Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch reliek, from Old French, from Latin reliquiae (“remains, relics”), from relinquō (“I leave behind, abandon, relinquish”), from re- + linquō (“I leave, quit, forsake, depart from”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rèlik (first-person possessive relikku, second-person possessive relikmu, third-person possessive reliknya)
- relic: That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.
Further reading
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French relique, from Latin reliquiae.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɛˈliːk(ə)/, /ˈrɛlik(ə)/
Noun
relik (plural relikes)
- relic (object of religious veneration)
- (by extension) A valuable object or individual
- (in translations) A remnant; a remainder.
- (rare) An effect; the remains of something.
Descendants
References
- “relik, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “relik”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.