different between blickey vs blicken
blickey
English
Alternative forms
- blicky
Etymology
From Dutch blikje, dimunitive of blik (“can; tinplate”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?ki
Noun
blickey (plural blickeys)
- (dialectal, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, dated) A canister or dinner pail usually of tin.
Anagrams
- Bickley
blickey From the web:
blicken
English
Etymology
From Middle English bliknen (“to glitter, grow pale”), from Old Norse blíkna (“to become pale”). Influenced by Middle English bliken (“to shine”), from Old English bl?can (“to shine, glitter, gleam”). More at blike, blick.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?k?n
Verb
blicken (third-person singular simple present blickens, present participle blickening, simple past and past participle blickened)
- (intransitive) To become pale.
- (intransitive) To shine.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German blicken, from Old High German blicchen, from Proto-West Germanic *blik, from Proto-Germanic *blik? (“look”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bl?k??/, /?bl?k?n/
- Rhymes: -?k??
Verb
blicken (weak, third-person singular present blickt, past tense blickte, past participle geblickt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to look (usually in a certain direction toward something)
Conjugation
Synonyms
- schauen
Derived terms
Further reading
- “blicken” in Duden online
- “blicken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “blicken” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
blicken
- definite singular of blick
blicken From the web:
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