lik

See also: lík, -lik, and -lık

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɪk/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

Noun

lik m (plural likken, diminutive likje n)

  1. lick (a caress with the tongue)

Verb

lik

  1. first-person singular present indicative of likken
  2. imperative of likken

Etymology 2

Noun

lik f (plural likken, diminutive likje n)

  1. (Netherlands, slang) prison, jail

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Borrowing from English to like

Verb

lik

  1. Imperative singular of liken.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of liken.

Livonian

Verb

lik

  1. 1st person singular negative form of likkõ
  2. 2nd person singular negative form of likkõ
  3. 3rd person singular negative form of likkõ
  4. 2nd person singular imperative form of likkõ

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse líkr, alternative spelling of glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.

Adjective

lik (neuter singular likt, definite singular and plural like, comparative likere, indefinite superlative likest, definite superlative likeste)

  1. similar, alike
  2. equal
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-.

Noun

lik n (definite singular liket, indefinite plural lik, definite plural lika or likene)

  1. a corpse, (dead) body
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Norse lík (“leech”).

Noun

lik n (definite singular liket, indefinite plural lik, definite plural lika or likene)

  1. edge of a sail; leech

Etymology 4

Verb

lik

  1. imperative of like

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːk/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse líkr, alternative spelling of glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.

Adjective

lik (neuter singular likt, definite singular and plural like, comparative likare, indefinite superlative likast, definite superlative likaste)

  1. similar, alike
  2. equal
  3. good (mainly used in comparative and superlative form)
    • 1895, Per Sivle, "Vaar-Vôn":
      Og kjenner du inkje ikvell ikvell, at Livet, det er no det likaste lell?
      And can you not feel, tonight, tonight, that life is the best thing after all?
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-.

Noun

lik n (definite singular liket, indefinite plural lik, definite plural lika)

  1. a corpse, (dead) body
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Norse lík (“leech”).

Noun

lik n (definite singular liket, indefinite plural lik, definite plural lika)

  1. edge of a sail; leech

Verb

lik

  1. imperative of like

References

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *līką.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːk/

Noun

līk n

  1. dead body, corpse
  2. torso

Declension


Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką.

Noun

līk n

  1. shape, semblance, appearance
  2. corpse

Declension

Descendants

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *likъ.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /lʲik/

Noun

lik m inan

  1. (obsolete) quantity, amount, number

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *likъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lîːk/

Noun

lȋk m (Cyrillic spelling ли̑к)

  1. form, shape, figure, appearance
  2. image, effigy
  3. character, persona (in a work of art)
  4. (by extension, colloquial, Croatia) guy, bloke, dude, character
    Ti si neki čudan lik.
    You're a weird guy.

Declension

Derived terms

Swedish

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈliːk/
  • Rhymes: -iːk

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish līker, from Old Norse líkr, glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.

Adjective

lik

  1. like, similar to
  2. like
Declension
Inflection of lik
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular lik likare likast
Neuter singular likt likare likast
Plural lika likare likast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 like likare likaste
All lika likare likaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
Antonyms

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish līk, from Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-.

Noun

lik n

  1. corpse
  2. the edge of a sail, either free or following mast or boom
Declension
Declension of lik 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lik liket lik liken
Genitive liks likets liks likens

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English leak.

Noun

lik

  1. leak

West Flemish

Conjunction

lik

  1. like, such as

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [líːk], [lǿʏ̯ːk], [lɛ́ɪ̯ːk]
    • Rhymes: -íːk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse líkr, glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.

Adjective

lik (neuter likt, comparative likänä, supine likäst)

  1. similar
  2. excellent, good, suitable
    Han bar säg int na likt åt.
    He did not behave very well.
    Hä var den likästä kär’n.
    That was the most excellent man.
  3. right, cheap
    Hä var int na likt hä’n begjol
    It was not cheap what he requested.
Derived terms

Adverb

lik

  1. yet, still, anyway
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-.

Noun

lik n

  1. corpse
Compounds
  • likfäl

References

  • Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Lik”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 403-404
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