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From Middle English quik, quic (“living, alive, active”), from Old English cwic (“alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku (“alive, lively quick”), from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz (“alive, lively, quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *gwih3wós (“alive”), from *gweyh3- (“to live”), *gweyh3w- (“to live”). For semantic development, compare lively. Cognate with Dutch kwik, kwiek (“lively, quick”), German keck (“sassy, cheeky”), Danish kvik (“lively, quick-witted, quick”), kvæg (“cattle”), Faroese kvikur (“quick”), Icelandic kvikur (“lively, quick”), Norn kvikk, hwikk (“living, swarming, teeming”), Norwegian kvikk (“quick, lively, quick-witted”), Swedish kvick (“quick, witty”), and also (from Indo-European) with Greek βίος (víos, “life”), Latin vivus (“alive”), Lithuanian gývas (“alive”), Latvian dzīvs (“alive”), Russian живо́й (živój, “alive, lively, quick”), Polish żywy (“alive”), Welsh byw (“alive”), Irish beo (“alive”), biathaigh (“to feed”), Northern Kurdish jîn (“to live”), jiyan (“life”), giyan (“soul”), can (“soul”), Sanskrit जीव (jīva, “alive”), Albanian nxit (“to urge, stimulate”). Doublet of jiva.

343 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shpjertë — moving with speed
• Southern Altai: ылтам (ïltam) — moving with speed
• Arabic: سَرِيع (sarīʕ) — moving with speed
• Arabic: سريع (sarīʕ) — moving with speed
• Armenian: արագ (arag) — moving with speed
• Assamese: খৰ (khor) — moving with speed
• Bashkir: тиҙ (tiź) — moving with speed
• Bashkir: шәп (şəp) — moving with speed
• Belarusian: ху́ткі (xútki) — moving with speed
• Belarusian: бы́стры (býstry) — moving with speed
• Bengali: শীঘ্র (śīghro) — moving with speed
• Bulgarian: бърз (bǎrz) — moving with speed
• Burmese: မြန် (mran) — moving with speed
• Chagatai: تیز (tez) — moving with speed
• Chagatai: ایلدام (ıldam) — moving with speed
• Chagatai: توزکان (tüzgän) — moving with speed
• Chinese Cantonese: 快 (faai3) — moving with speed
• Chinese Cantonese: 快手 (faai3 sau2) — moving with speed
• Chinese Mandarin: 快 (kuài) — moving with speed
• Chinese Mandarin: 迅速 (xùnsù) — moving with speed
• Czech: rychlý — moving with speed
• Danish: hurtig — moving with speed
• Danish: kvik — moving with speed
• Dutch: snel — moving with speed
• Dutch: vlug — moving with speed
• Dutch: rap — moving with speed
• Esperanto: rapida — moving with speed
• Estonian: nobe — moving with speed
• Finnish: nopea — moving with speed
• Finnish: vikkelä — moving with speed
• Finnish: joutuisa — moving with speed
• Finnish: kova — moving with speed
• Finnish: nopsa — moving with speed
• French: rapide — moving with speed
• Galician: rápido — moving with speed
• Galician: roudo — moving with speed
• Galician: lixeiro — moving with speed
• Galician: lampeiro — moving with speed
• Galician: andarengo — moving with speed
• Georgian: სწრაფი (sc̣rapi) — moving with speed
• Georgian: მკვირცხლი (mḳvircxli) — moving with speed
• Georgian: მარდი (mardi) — moving with speed
• Georgian: ცქვიტი (ckviṭi) — moving with speed
• German: schnell — moving with speed
• German: geschwind — moving with speed
• German: rasch — moving with speed
• Greek: γρήγορος (grígoros) — moving with speed
• Ancient Greek: ταχύς (takhús) — moving with speed
• Ancient Greek: θοός (thoós) — moving with speed
• Hebrew: זריז (zaríz) — moving with speed
• Hebrew: מהיר (mahír) — moving with speed
• Hindi: शीघ्र (śīghra) — moving with speed
• Hungarian: gyors — moving with speed
• Icelandic: fljótur — moving with speed
• Icelandic: kvikur — moving with speed
• Ingrian: selvä — moving with speed
• Ingrian: sukkela — moving with speed
• Ingrian: kiire — moving with speed
• Ingrian: huima — moving with speed
• Ingrian: huimakas — moving with speed
• Interlingua: rapide — moving with speed
• Irish: luath — moving with speed
• Irish: sciobtha — moving with speed
• Irish: mear — moving with speed
• Italian: rapido — moving with speed
• Italian: svelto — moving with speed
• Italian: veloce — moving with speed
• Japanese: 速い (hayai) — moving with speed
• Javanese: gelis — moving with speed
• Khmer: លឿន (lɨǝn) — moving with speed
• Khmer: ឆាប់ (chap) — moving with speed
• Korean: 빠른 (ppareun) — moving with speed
• Korean: 빠르다 (ppareuda) — moving with speed
• Central Kurdish: گورج (gurc) — moving with speed
• Lao: ໄວ (wai) — moving with speed
• Lao: ປຽວ (piāu) — moving with speed
• Latgalian: dreiži — moving with speed
• Latgalian: mudri — moving with speed
• Latgalian: kruši — moving with speed
• Latin: celer — moving with speed
• Latin: rapidus — moving with speed
• Latin: properus — moving with speed
• Latvian: ātrs — moving with speed
• Latvian: ašs — moving with speed
• Latvian: straujš — moving with speed
• Latvian: žigls — moving with speed
• Latvian: knašs — moving with speed
• Latvian: nasks — moving with speed
• Luxembourgish: séier — moving with speed
• Macedonian: брз (brz) — moving with speed
• Māori: pekepeke — moving with speed
• Māori: tere — moving with speed
• Māori: kama — moving with speed
• Māori: horo — moving with speed
• Māori: kerakera — moving with speed
• Māori: pahuhu — moving with speed
• Māori: pakē — moving with speed
• Māori: korakora — moving with speed
• Māori: tūkawikawi — moving with speed
• Norwegian: rask — moving with speed
• Norwegian: kvikk — moving with speed
• Persian: فرز (ferz) — moving with speed
• Persian: چابک (čâbok) — moving with speed
• Plautdietsch: schwind — moving with speed
• Plautdietsch: flinkj — moving with speed
• Plautdietsch: flott (nds) — moving with speed
• Polabian: astĕ — moving with speed
• Polish: szybki — moving with speed
• Polish: prędki — moving with speed
• Polish: błyskawiczny — moving with speed
• Polish: bystry — moving with speed
• Polish: chyży — moving with speed
• Portuguese: rápido — moving with speed
• Portuguese: ligeiro — moving with speed
• Portuguese: veloz — moving with speed
• Portuguese: célere — moving with speed
• Romanian: repede — moving with speed
• Romanian: rapid — moving with speed
• Romanian: iute — moving with speed
• Russian: бы́стрый (býstryj) — moving with speed
• Sanskrit: आशु (āśu) — moving with speed
• Sanskrit: शीघ्र (śīghra) — moving with speed
• Sanskrit: रघु (raghu) — moving with speed
• Sanskrit: ऋज्र (ṛjra) — moving with speed
• Scottish Gaelic: grad — moving with speed
• Serbo-Croatian: брз — moving with speed
• Serbo-Croatian: brz — moving with speed
• Slovak: rýchly — moving with speed
• Slovene: hiter — moving with speed
• Spanish: rápido — moving with speed
• Spanish: célere — moving with speed
• Swedish: snabb — moving with speed
• Swedish: rapp — moving with speed
• Swedish: kvick — moving with speed
• Thai: เร็ว (reo) — moving with speed
• Thai: ไว (wai) — moving with speed
• Turkish: çabuk — moving with speed
• Turkish: hızlı — moving with speed
• Tuvan: дүрген (dürgen) — moving with speed
• Ukrainian: швидки́й (švydkýj) — moving with speed
• Ukrainian: хутки́й (xutkýj) — moving with speed
• Ukrainian: прудки́й (prudkýj) — moving with speed
• Ukrainian: би́стрий (býstryj) — moving with speed
• Urdu: تیز (tez) — moving with speed
• Urdu: جلد (jald) — moving with speed
• Urdu: تند (tund) — moving with speed
• Urdu: سریع (sarī) — moving with speed
• Urdu: عجول (ajūl) — moving with speed
• Urdu: عاجل (ājil) — moving with speed
• Urdu: چابک (cabuk) — moving with speed
• Uyghur: تېز (tëz) — moving with speed
• Uyghur: ئىلدام (ildam) — moving with speed
• Uyghur: ئۇچقۇر (uchqur) — moving with speed
• Uzbek: tez — moving with speed
• Vietnamese: nhanh — moving with speed
• Walloon: rade — moving with speed
• Walloon: abeye — moving with speed
• Walloon: adjete — moving with speed
• Walloon: fel — moving with speed
• Walloon: subtil — moving with speed
• Welsh: cyflym — moving with speed
• Yiddish: פֿלינק (flink) — moving with speed
• Yiddish: גיך (gikh) — moving with speed
• Yiddish: שנעל (shnel) — moving with speed
• Albanian: ngjarë — occurring in a short time
• Albanian: ngare (gheg) — occurring in a short time
• Arabic: سَرِيعٌ (sarīʕun) — occurring in a short time
• Bulgarian: бърз (bǎrz) — occurring in a short time
• Chinese Cantonese: 快脆 (faai3 ceoi3) — occurring in a short time
• Danish: rask — occurring in a short time
• Danish: kvik — occurring in a short time
• Dutch: snel — occurring in a short time
• Dutch: vlug — occurring in a short time
• Dutch: rap — occurring in a short time
• Dutch: haastig — occurring in a short time
• Finnish: nopea — occurring in a short time
• Finnish: pikainen — occurring in a short time
• Finnish: pika- — occurring in a short time
• Finnish: lyhytaikainen — occurring in a short time
• Galician: rápido — occurring in a short time
• Galician: pasadío — occurring in a short time
• Galician: vertixinoso — occurring in a short time
• Hungarian: gyors — occurring in a short time
• Interlingua: rapide — occurring in a short time
• Irish: pras — occurring in a short time
• Italian: veloce — occurring in a short time
• Japanese: 速い (hayai) — occurring in a short time
• Japanese: 早い (hayai) — occurring in a short time
• Korean: 빠르다 (ppareuda) — occurring in a short time
• Macedonian: брз (brz) — occurring in a short time
• Norwegian: rask — occurring in a short time
• Norwegian: kvikk — occurring in a short time
• Portuguese: rápido — occurring in a short time
• Portuguese: ligeiro — occurring in a short time
• Romanian: repede — occurring in a short time
• Romanian: rapid — occurring in a short time
• Russian: ско́рый (skóryj) — occurring in a short time
• Scottish Gaelic: grad — occurring in a short time
• Spanish: rápido — occurring in a short time
• Spanish: célere — occurring in a short time
• Swedish: snabb — occurring in a short time
• Swedish: kvick — occurring in a short time
• Swedish: hastig — occurring in a short time
• Ukrainian: ско́рий (skóryj) — occurring in a short time
• Ukrainian: швидки́й (švydkýj) — occurring in a short time
• Walloon: abeye — occurring in a short time
• Albanian: gjall — lively, witty
• Bulgarian: съобразителен (sǎobrazitelen) — lively, witty
• Danish: kvik — lively, witty
• Danish: rap — lively, witty
• Dutch: kwiek — lively, witty
• Finnish: sukkela — lively, witty
• Finnish: nokkela — lively, witty
• Finnish: terävä — lively, witty
• Finnish: nopeaälyinen — lively, witty
• Galician: rápido — lively, witty
• Galician: roudo — lively, witty
• Galician: lixeiro — lively, witty
• Galician: lampeiro — lively, witty
• Galician: andarengo — lively, witty
• Galician: vivo — lively, witty
• German: scharfsinnig — lively, witty
• Hungarian: élénk — lively, witty
• Hungarian: eszes — lively, witty
• Irish: tráthúil — lively, witty
• Irish: mear — lively, witty
• Italian: svelto — lively, witty
• Italian: lesto — lively, witty
• Macedonian: жив (živ) — lively, witty
• Macedonian: би́стар (bístar) — lively, witty
• Norwegian: kvikk — lively, witty
• Portuguese: rápido — lively, witty
• Portuguese: ligeiro — lively, witty
• Romanian: vioi — lively, witty
• Romanian: vioaie — lively, witty
• Romanian: iute — lively, witty
• Romanian: sprinten — lively, witty
• Russian: прово́рный (provórnyj) — lively, witty
• Scottish Gaelic: grad — lively, witty
• Swedish: kvick — lively, witty
• Swedish: rapp — lively, witty
• Bulgarian: находчив (nahodčiv) — mentally agile, perceptive
• Danish: kvik — mentally agile, perceptive
• Danish: rap — mentally agile, perceptive
• Finnish: nopeaälyinen — mentally agile, perceptive
• Finnish: nokkela — mentally agile, perceptive
• Finnish: terävä — mentally agile, perceptive
• Galician: rápido — mentally agile, perceptive
• Galician: roudo — mentally agile, perceptive
• Galician: lixeiro — mentally agile, perceptive
• Galician: lampeiro — mentally agile, perceptive
• Galician: andarengo — mentally agile, perceptive
• Galician: vivo — mentally agile, perceptive
• Georgian: საზრიანი (sazriani) — mentally agile, perceptive
• Georgian: მიხვედრილი (mixvedrili) — mentally agile, perceptive
• Georgian: ალღოიანი (alɣoiani) — mentally agile, perceptive
• German: schnell von Begriff — mentally agile, perceptive
• Hungarian: friss — mentally agile, perceptive
• Italian: agile — mentally agile, perceptive
• Korean: 빠르다 (ppareuda) — mentally agile, perceptive
• Macedonian: би́стар (bístar) — mentally agile, perceptive
• Macedonian: до́сетлив (dósetliv) — mentally agile, perceptive
• Macedonian: остро́умен (ostróumen) — mentally agile, perceptive
• Norwegian: kvikk — mentally agile, perceptive
• Portuguese: rápido — mentally agile, perceptive
• Portuguese: ligeiro — mentally agile, perceptive
• Romanian: ager — mentally agile, perceptive
• Russian: смышленый (smyšlenyj) — mentally agile, perceptive
• Russian: сообразительный (soobrazitelʹnyj) — mentally agile, perceptive
• Russian: доходчивый (doxodčivyj) — mentally agile, perceptive
• Swedish: kvick — mentally agile, perceptive
• Swedish: rapp — mentally agile, perceptive
• Walloon: sûti — mentally agile, perceptive
• Walloon: subtile — mentally agile, perceptive
• Albanian: nxituar — easily aroused to anger
• Finnish: äkkipikainen — easily aroused to anger
• Finnish: äkkivihainen — easily aroused to anger
• Finnish: äksy — easily aroused to anger
• Finnish: äkäinen — easily aroused to anger
• Hungarian: hirtelen — easily aroused to anger
• Hungarian: lobbanékony — easily aroused to anger
• Russian: вспы́льчивый (vspýlʹčivyj) — easily aroused to anger
• Russian: темпераментный (temperamentnyj) — easily aroused to anger
• Swedish: ilsk — easily aroused to anger
• Swedish: ilsken — easily aroused to anger
• Swedish: lättretlig — easily aroused to anger
• Albanian: gjallë — alive
• Arabic: حَيٌّ (ḥayyun) — alive
• Danish: frisk og rask — alive
• Finnish: elävä — alive
• French: animé — alive
• French: vivant — alive
• German: quicklebendig — alive
• Hungarian: eleven — alive
• Macedonian: жив (živ) — alive
• Norwegian: frisk og rask — alive
• Romanian: vioi — alive
• Romanian: energic — alive
• Russian: живо́й (živój) — alive
• Swedish: kvick — alive
• Arabic: جَارٍ (jārin) — pregnant
• Danish: gravid — pregnant
• Romanian: violent — pregnant
• Romanian: aprig — pregnant
• Bulgarian: течащ (tečašt) — flowing
• Finnish: virtaava — flowing
• Finnish: juokseva — flowing
• Swedish: kvick — flowing
• Finnish: herkästi syttyvä — burning, fiery
• Romanian: înfocat — burning, fiery
• Romanian: învăpăiat — burning, fiery
• Swedish: kvick — burning, fiery
• Southern Altai: ылтам (ïltam) — with speed
• Arabic: سَرِيعًا (sarīʕan) — with speed
• Arabic: بِسُرْعَةٍ (bisurʕatin) — with speed
• Bulgarian: бързо (bǎrzo) — with speed
• Catalan: corrents — with speed
• Finnish: nopeasti — with speed
• Russian: бы́стро (býstro) — with speed
• Russian: жи́во (žívo) — with speed
• Sanskrit: आशु (āśu) — with speed
• Swedish: fort — with speed
• Swedish: snabbt — with speed
• Turkish: hadi — with speed
• Turkish: hızlıca — with speed
• Walloon: rade — with speed
• Walloon: radmint — with speed
• Walloon: raddimint — with speed
• Walloon: abeye — with speed
• Walloon: abeydimint — with speed
• Walloon: vite — with speed
• Walloon: vitmint — with speed
• Bulgarian: живец (živec) — sensitive flesh
• Catalan: carn viva — sensitive flesh
• Dutch: levend vlees — sensitive flesh
• Finnish: ydin — sensitive flesh
• German: Nagelbett — sensitive flesh
• Irish: beo — sensitive flesh
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvik — sensitive flesh
• Portuguese: sabugo — sensitive flesh
• Spanish: carne viva — sensitive flesh
• Swedish: nagelbädd — sensitive flesh
• Welsh: byw — sensitive flesh