blek

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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• 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.

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blek (comparative blekare, superlative blekast)

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

blek

1. imperative of bleka