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flik

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /flɪk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: flik
  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French flic (cop, policeman). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “are the other senses the same etymology? seems unlikely”)

Noun

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flik m (plural flikken, diminutive flikje n)

  1. (informal, chiefly Belgium) Synonym of politieagent (police officer)
  2. (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly plural) paw, mitt (crude term for a human hand)
    Synonym: poot
    Blijf met je gore flikken van mijn drank af!
    Keep your filthy mitts off my booze!
  3. (slang, dated) homosexual
    Synonyms: flikker, mietje

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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flik

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

Swedish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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flik c

  1. a (hanging or projecting) corner (on something soft, especially fabric), a flap
  2. a flap (of an envelope or the like)
    att stänga fliken på kuvertet
    to close the flap of the envelope
  3. a tab (navigational widget)

Declension

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Declension of flik
nominative genitive
singular indefinite flik fliks
definite fliken flikens
plural indefinite flikar flikars
definite flikarna flikarnas

See also

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References

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