quick
English
/kwɪk/
adj
Definitions
- Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
- Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
- Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
- Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
- Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
- (archaic) Alive, living.
- (archaic) Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
- Of water: flowing.
- Burning, flammable, fiery.
- Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
- (mining) productive; not "dead" or barren
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English quik inherited from Old English cwic (alive) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (alive, living, quick, active) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (alive), *gʷeyh₃- (live).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷeyh₃-
Gloss
live
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Zoë English
- abiotic English
- azo- English
- beam English
- biology English
- biota English
- bread English
- draw English
- enquicken English
- freeze English
- hatch English
- jiva English
- jivatma English
- lime English
- overquick English
- overquickly English
- play English
- quick bread English
- quick-freeze English
- quick-sighted English
- quick-witted English
- quick-wittedly English
- quickbeam English
- quickdraw English
- quicken English
- quickener English
- quickenest English
- quickeneth English
- quickhatch English
- quickie English
- quickish English
- quicklier English
- quicklike English
- quicklime English
- quickly English
- quickness English
- quickplay English
- quicksand English
- quicksandlike English
- quicksandy English
- quicksave English
- quickscope English
- quickselect English
- quicksighted English
- quicksilver English
- quicksilverish English
- quicksilvery English
- quicksmart English
- quicksome English
- quicksort English
- quickstart English
- quickstep English
- quickwater English
- quickwitted English
- quickwittedly English
- quickwittedness English
- quickwork English
- quicky English
- requicken English
- sand English
- save English
- scope English
- select English
- sighted English
- silver English
- smart English
- sort English
- start English
- step English
- superquick English
- ultraquick English
- unquick English
- viper English
- vive English
- vivisection English
- vivisepulture English
- water English
- wit English
- witted English
- work English
- Vīviānus Latin
- advivo Latin
- biographia Latin
- biologia Latin
- biophysicus Latin
- biosphaera Latin
- haematobius Latin
- redivivus Latin
- revivo Latin
- revīvō Latin
- semivivus Latin
- super Latin
- supervivo Latin
- vitalitas Latin
- vivacitas Latin
- vivax Latin
- vividus Latin
- vivo Latin
- vivus Latin
- vīta Latin
- vītālis Latin
- vīvidus Latin
- vīvācitās Latin
- vīvārium Latin
- vīvāx Latin
- Biologie German
- Bioscop German
- Keckheit German
- Quickie German
- keck German
- bio- Hungarian
- -bio Italian
- Archeozoico Italian
- archeozoico Italian
- bio- Italian
- viva Italian
- vivacchiare Italian
- vivente Italian
- kek Dutch, Flemish
- kwik Dutch, Flemish
- kwikzand Dutch, Flemish
- kwikzilver Dutch, Flemish
- abiogenèse French
- biologie French
- convivial French
- био- Russian
- биология Russian
- биомасса Russian
- живить Russian
- живность Russian
- живо Russian
- живо́й Russian
- живодёрня Russian
- живой Russian
- живопись Russian
- живородящий Russian
- живорождение Russian
- живость Russian
- заживо Russian
- неживой Russian
- bio- Spanish, Castilian
- Ζηνόβιος Ancient Greek
- Πολύβιος Ancient Greek
- Ταλθύβιος Ancient Greek
- βίο- Ancient Greek
- βίος Ancient Greek
- βιοτεύω Ancient Greek
- βιόω Ancient Greek
- βῐ́ος Ancient Greek
- ζωή Ancient Greek
- ζωϊκός Ancient Greek
- ζῳδιακός Ancient Greek
- ζῴδιον Ancient Greek
- ζῷον Ancient Greek
- σύμβιος Ancient Greek
- ἀ- Ancient Greek
- ἀποζάω Ancient Greek
- Ἀναξίβιος Ancient Greek
- ἐναντίβιος Ancient Greek
- *gʷeih₃w- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃woteh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷyeh₃w-y-om Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷíh₃weti, *gʷyéh₃woh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵénh₁tis Proto-Indo-European
- abiotisk Norwegian Bokmål
- bio- Norwegian Bokmål
- kjekk Norwegian Bokmål
- kveg Norwegian Bokmål
- bio- Portuguese
- *kwiknaną Proto-Germanic
- *kwikwaz Proto-Germanic
- *kwiwaz Proto-Germanic
- kvick Swedish
- kvicksand Swedish
- käck Swedish
- bio- Norwegian Nynorsk
- kjekk Norwegian Nynorsk
- kveg Norwegian Nynorsk
- kvik Norwegian Nynorsk
- kvika Norwegian Nynorsk
- kvike Norwegian Nynorsk
- cwic Old English
- cwicbeam Old English
- cwice Old English
- cwician Old English
- cwicseolfor Old English
- cwictreow Old English
- edcwic Old English
- healfcwic Old English
- samcwic Old English
- आत्मन् Sanskrit
- जीव Sanskrit
- जीवात्मन् Sanskrit
- ज्या Sanskrit
- quik Middle English
- quikenen Middle English
- quyk lym Middle English
- quyk silver Middle English
- quyksande Middle English
- beo Irish
- beo-phéintéireacht Irish
- beobhreitheacht Irish
- beocht Irish
- beoghníomhaíocht Irish
- beoigh Irish
- beoshúileach Irish
- díbheo Irish
- kvika Old Norse
- kvikr Old Norse
- kvikvendi Old Norse
- kvæg Danish
- kvægbestand Danish
- kæk Danish
- *živъ Proto-Slavic
- bio- Czech
- bio- Catalan, Valencian
- kvikmynd Icelandic
- kvikur Icelandic
- -जी Hindi
- चिरंजीव Hindi
- जी Hindi
- जीव Hindi
- bio- Galician
- جان Persian
- جیوه Persian
- ชีพ Thai
- βίος Greek (modern)
- byw Welsh
- bywiog Welsh
- quicsant Middle Dutch
- dzīvnieciskums Latvian
- dzīvnieks Latvian
- dzīvoklis Latvian
- dzīvs Latvian
- dzīvsudrabs Latvian
- dzīvība Latvian
- dzīvžogs Latvian
- կեամ Old Armenian
- quik Ido
- Nurcan Turkish
- babacan Turkish
- can Turkish
- canlı Turkish
- cansız Turkish
- cıva Turkish
- béo Old Irish
- kwik Afrikaans
- -జీ Telugu
- జీవశాకము Telugu
- జీవాధారము Telugu
- jiwa Malay
- quec Middle High German
- nxit Albanian
- civə Azerbaijani
- *kwik(k)w gmw-pro
- ביו־ Hebrew (modern)
- ביולוגיה Hebrew (modern)
- *kwik Old Dutch
- জীৱ Assamese
- *biwos Proto-Celtic
- *biwotūts Proto-Celtic
- *bīwonos Proto-Celtic
- quik Middle Low German
- jīva Pali
- જીવ Gujarati
- નિર્જીવ Gujarati
- *ǰayHw- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ǰiHwás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- qvikker Old Swedish
- *gʷīwos Proto-Italic
- *gʷīwō Proto-Italic
- जीव Marathi
- ជីព Central Khmer
- ជីវៈ Central Khmer
- *ȷ́iHwás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- kwik Tok Pisin
- bevañ Breton
- *džita Proto-Albanian
- *gīˀwas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *gīˀwás Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *bɨw Proto-Brythonic
- jiwa Javanese
- 𐎪𐎡𐎺 Old Persian
- ಜೀವ Kannada
- śai- Tocharian B
- qwegh, quik Old Danish
- qwikfæ Old Danish
- जीव Konkani
- 𑀚𑀻𑀯 Ashokan Prakrit
- biu Sardinian
- kwik Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish
- ᬚᬶᬯ Balinese
- śo- Tocharian A
- ଜୀବ Oriya
- ජීවය Sinhala, Sinhalese
- *gīˀwás bat-pro
- Zoë
- wit
- step
- beam
- vive
- azo-
- sort
- draw
- sand
- work
- jiva
- save
- play
- lime
- bread
- hatch
- biota
- start
- water
- scope
- smart
- viper
- select
- silver
- witted
- freeze
- quicky
- abiotic
- unquick
- sighted
- quickly
- quickie
- quicken
- jivatma
- biology
- quickish
- quicksome
- quicklier
- quicklike
- quickness
- enquicken
- quickplay
- overquick
- quickbeam
- quickstep
- requicken
- quickener
- quicksort
- quickdraw
- quickwork
- quicklime
- quicksand
- quicksave
- superquick
- ultraquick
- quicksmart
- quickwater
- quickstart
- quicksandy
- quickhatch
- quickenest
- quickscope
- quickeneth
- quickselect
- overquickly
- quick bread
- quickwitted
- vivisection
- quicksilver
- quicksighted
- quick-freeze
- quicksilvery
- quick-witted
- vivisepulture
- quickwittedly
- quicksandlike
- quick-sighted
- quick-wittedly
- quicksilverish
- quickwittedness