kies

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kies.

Noun

kies (plural kieste)

1. cheek

Derived terms

• kiestand (“molar”)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kis/

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• Hyphenation: kies
• Rhymes: -is

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch kiese (late), borrowed from Old Frisian kēse, from Proto-West Germanic *kūsiju. Displaced older kuis, from Middle Dutch *cuse, from the same Proto-West Germanic source.

Noun

kies m (plural kiezen, diminutive kiesje n)

2. molar

   Synonym: maaltand

   Ik moet naar de tandarts omdat mijn kies pijn doet. ― I have to go to the dentist because my molar hurts.

   De tandarts heeft mijn kies gevuld. ― The dentist filled my molar.

   Een volwassen persoon heeft normaal gesproken twaalf kiezen. ― An adult person typically has twelve molars.

3. (figuratively) Certain resembling objects

Derived terms

• (tooth types) bovenkies, knobbelkies, kunstkies, melkkies, onderkies, voorkies, verstandskies m or f, wijsheidskies
• kiespijn
• kiezentrekker m
• kiezenkas, kiezenkast
• kiezenmerg n
• kiezensleutel
• kiezenspel n
• kiezenstoter m (obsolete spelling kiezenstooter)
• achter de kiezen

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: kis, kies

See also

• tand

Etymology 2

Unclear. Possibly borrowed from Middle English chis, from Old English ċīs, itself of unclear origin.

Adjective

kies (comparative kiezer, superlative meest kies or kiest)

1. delicate, choice
2. showing good taste, well-chosen

   Antonym: onkies

Inflection

Derived terms

• kiesheid

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kies

1. inflection of kiezen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Anagrams

• skië

Esperanto

Etymology

From ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -es (“correlative suffix of genitives”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkies/

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Pronoun

kies (interrogative and relative correlative of genitives, plural kies, accusative singular kies, accusative plural kies)

1. whose, of whom, of which

Usage notes

Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kies can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kies ajn thus means whosever.

Derived terms

• kies ajn (“whosever”)

See also

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

kies

1. singular imperative of kiesen

Hungarian

Etymology

From an otherwise unattested stem of unknown origin + -es (adjective-forming suffix). It is not unlikely, however, that it was originated based on similar word pairs as an analogy, compare kegyetlen (“cruel”) – kegyes (“kind, merciful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ki‧es
• Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Adjective

kies (comparative kiesebb, superlative legkiesebb)

1. (archaic) picturesque, scenic

   Synonyms: festői, vonzó, elragadó, bűbájos, bájos, hangulatos, kellemes, szép

   Antonyms: kietlen, kopár, puszta, sivár

2. (archaic, rare) remote, distant, far-off, desolate

   Synonyms: távol eső, félreeső, elhagyatott, eldugott, elszigetelt, elzárt

Declension

See also

• kiesik

References

Further reading

• kies in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

West Frisian

Noun

kies c (plural kiezen, diminutive kieske)

1. A molar

See also

• tosk