tik-tak

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Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtikˌtɑk/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑk
  • Hyphenation(key): tik‧tak

Interjection

tik-tak

  1. tick tock (the sound of a ticking clock)

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German ticktack.[1]

Pronunciation

Interjection

tik-tak

  1. tick tock (the sound of a ticking clock)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ tik-tak in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • tik-tak in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtik ˈtak/
  • Syllabification:

Interjection

tik-tak

  1. tick-tock (two consecutive sounds produced at regular intervals when a watch is ticking)
    Synonyms: cyk, tyk

Further reading

  • tik-tak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tik-tak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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