lik

• IPA^(key): /lɪk/

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• Hyphenation: lik
• Rhymes: -ɪk

From likken.

lik m (plural likken, diminutive likje n)

1. lick (a caress with the tongue)
2. (especially in the diminutive) a small amount

lik

1. inflection of likken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Unclear.

lik f (plural likken, diminutive likje n)

1. (Netherlands, Bargoens) prison, jail

   Synonyms: bajes, bak, gevang, gevangenis, nor

• kil

Borrowing from English to like

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lik

1. singular imperative of liken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of liken

• IPA^(key): [ˈlik]
• Rhymes: -ik

lik (plural likak)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of lyuk

• lik 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

Derived from English lick.

lik

1. to hit, to strike
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 2:15:

     So im get som ruop an tek dem mek wan wip. Den im yuuz di wip an ron out di uol a di sela dem outa di yaad: dem an dem kou an dem shiip an dem dov. Im lik uova di piipl dem we a chienj out moni kain dem, an im ton uova aal a dem tiebl dem.

     He got some rope and made a whip. He used the whip to drive all the sellers out of the temple, along with their cattle, sheep, and doves. He struck the moneychangers and turned over their tables.

• lik at majstro.com
• lik at JamaicanPatwah.com

lik

1. inflection of likkõ:
   1. first/second/third-person singular negative form
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

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

1. similar, alike
2. equal

• ulik
• forskjellig

From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image, likeness; similar, like”).

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

1. a corpse, (dead) body

• likblek, likbleik
• likkiste
• over mitt lik

From Old Norse lík (“leech”).

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

1. edge of a sail; leech

lik

1. imperative of like

• “lik” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /liːk/

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

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?

• ulik
• forskjellig
• ymis

• likeløn, likelønn
• likestille
• likesæl

From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image, likeness; similar, like”).

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

1. a corpse, (dead) body

• likkiste
• likluke
• over mitt lik

From Old Norse lík (“leech”).

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

1. edge of a sail; leech

lik

1. imperative of like

• “lik” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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lík n

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From Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką.

• IPA^(key): /liːk/

līk n

1. dead body, corpse
2. torso

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

līk n

1. shape, semblance, appearance
2. corpse

• Swedish: lik

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlik/

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• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: lik
• Homophone: lig

lik m inan

1. (obsolete) quantity, amount, number

   Synonyms: ilość, liczba, stan liczbowy, stan liczebny

• lik in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ.

• IPA^(key): /lîːk/

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) guy, bloke, dude, character

   Ti si neki čudan lik. ― You're a weird guy.

• oblik
• slika
• likovni

• “lik”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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• IPA^(key): /ˈliːk/
• Rhymes: -iːk

From Old Swedish līker, from Old Norse líkr, glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz. Cognate with English like (but see usage notes).

lik (comparative mer lik, superlative mest lik)

1. looking like, resembling (in appearance or other characteristics)

   Du är lik henne. Samma näsa.

   You look like (resemble) her. Same nose.

   Du är lik henne till sättet

   You are like (resemble) her in manner

   Han är lik sin far

   He resembles his father (same ambiguity as in English)

   Den nya processen är lik den gamla

   The new process is similar to (resembles) the old one

2. (in the plural) alike, same (the same or similar)

   Min bror och jag är inte lika alls

   My brother and I are very different (not alike at all)

   De är lika. Skurkar båda två!

   They're the same. Crooks the both of them!

   x och y är lika

   x and y are equal

Lik is best understood as meaning "similar in appearance" in the singular, with uses similar to English like arising from that. An example that illustrates the difference from English like is "Du är lik Michael Jackson," which would always be understood as "You look like Michael Jackson" without strong clues towards other characteristics, as the intuition is "You are similar in appearance to Michael Jackson." In "Du är lik henne till sättet" (You are like her in manner), the intuition is "Your manner and her manner have a similar appearance / look like one another," meaning they are similar, or like one another.

English like may partially be considered a false friend. "You are like her" would most naturally be translated as "Du är som henne" (You are as her).

• olik

• likna
• se ut (look (like))

From Old Swedish līk, from Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image, likeness; similar, like”).

lik n

1. a corpse, a dead body
2. the edge of a sail, either free or following mast or boom

• likbil (“hearse”) (when a car)
• likbål
• likkista (“coffin, casket”)
• likskändare
• likskändning
• likvagn (“hearse”) (when a carriage)

• as
• kadaver

• lik in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lik in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lik in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• kil

From English leak.

lik

1. leak

From Middle Dutch gelijc, from Old Dutch *gilīk, from Proto-West Germanic *galīk.

lik

1. like, such as

lik

1. Alternative form of lick
   • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 4:

     Fan Buckeen hay pooked lik own thing mad.

     When Buckeen he jumped like a thing mad.

   • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 10:

     Aal haar, an wi eyen lik torches o tar?"

     "All hair, and with eyes like torches of tar,"

   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 19:

     A pipere vel bak lik own in a smote,

     The piper fell back like one well smitten,

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132

• lek

From Proto-Tai *ʰlekᴰ (“iron”), from Old Chinese 鐵 (OC *l̥ʰiːɡ, “iron”). Cognate with Thai เหล็ก (lèk), Lao ເຫຼັກ (lek), Shan လဵၵ်း (láek), Lü ᦵᦜᧅ (l̇ek), Tai Nüa ᥘᥥᥐᥱ (lěk), Ahom 𑜎𑜢𑜀𑜫 (lik), Nong Zhuang liak. Doublet of diet.

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /lik˥/
• Tone numbers: lik⁷
• Hyphenation: lik

lik (1957–1982 spelling lik)

1. (dialectal) iron (metal)

   Synonym: diet