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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كوشك (köşk), from Persian کوشک (kôšk, “palace, portico”), from Middle Persian kwšk' (kōšk).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkjɔ.sko/
- Rhymes: -ɔsko
- Hyphenation: chiò‧sco
Noun
chiosco m (plural chioschi)
- kiosk
- stall
- outhouse
Synonyms
Descendants
Further reading
- chiosco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana