blek - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

A borrowing from Old English blæc (“ink”). Compare Danish blæk (“ink”).

• IPA^(key): /plɛːk/

  Rhymes: -ɛːk

blek n (genitive singular bleks, no plural)

1. ink
2. (figuratively) strong coffee

• “blek” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

From Javanese blek, from Dutch blik (“tin can”). Cognate to Japanese ブリキ (buriki, “tinplate”).

• IPA^(key): /blɛk/
• Hyphenation: blèk

blek

1. (Java) can

   Synonym: kaleng

• “blek” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Old Norse bleikr.

• bleik

blek (neuter singular blekt, definite singular and plural bleke, comparative blekere, indefinite superlative blekest, definite superlative blekeste)

1. pale

• likblek

blek

1. imperative of bleke

• “blek” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from Middle Low German blek

blek m inan

1. town, small city

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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Lehr-Spławiński, T., Polański, K. (1962) “blek”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 37
• Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “blek”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 36
• Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Bläk”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 58

From Old Norse bleikr, from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz.

Cognate with English bleak, Dutch bleek, Low German blek, German bleich, Danish bleg, Norwegian Bokmål bleik, blek, Norwegian Nynorsk bleik, Faroese bleikur, Icelandic bleikur.

blek (comparative blekare, superlative blekast)

1. pale (light in color)
2. livid, pallid, bleak
3. fictional, mendacious

• bleka
• blekfet
• blekmedel
• blekna
• bleknad
• blekt

blek

1. imperative of bleka