kwik

See also: Kwik

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
Previous: goud (Au)
Next: tallium (Tl)

Etymology

From Dutch kwik, short for kwikzilver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kvək/

• Audio:

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Noun

kwik (uncountable)

1. mercury

Dutch

Chemical element
Hg
Previous: goud (Au)
Next: thallium (Tl)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʋɪk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: kwik
• Rhymes: -ɪk

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 (degrees) tonight.

Synonyms

• kwikzilver

Derived terms

• kwikthermometer

Related terms

• kek
• kwikstaart
• kwikzand
• kwikzilver
• verkwikken

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈkwɪ˦ɡ]

Noun

kwik n

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

Inflection

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Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from kwiczeć.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkfik/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: kwik
• Homophone: Kwik

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

Related terms

nouns

• kwiczoł

 

verbs

• kwiczeć impf
• kwikać impf
• kwiknąć pf
• zakwiczeć pf

 

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