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English
A German kiosk selling cigarettes and newspapers
Etymology
Earlier kiosque , from French kiosque , from Italian chiosco , from Ottoman Turkish كوشك ( köşk ) , from Persian کوشک ( kôšk , “ palace, portico ” ) , from Middle Persian kwšk' ( kōšk ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
kiosk (plural kiosks )
A small enclosed structure , often freestanding , open on one side or with a window , used as a booth to sell newspapers , cigarettes , etc.
A similar unattended stand for the automatic dispensing of tickets , etc.
A public telephone booth .
A Turkish garden pavilion .
Derived terms
Translations
enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Albanian: kiosk m , qoshk (sq) m
Arabic: كُشْك m ( kušk )
Hijazi Arabic: كُشْك ( kušk )
Moroccan Arabic: صاكة f ( ṣāka )
Armenian: կրպակ (hy) ( krpak ) , տաղավար (hy) ( taġavar ) , ( colloquially ) բուդկա ( budka )
Azerbaijani: köşk (az) , kiosk
Belarusian: кіёск m ( kijósk )
Bulgarian: бу́дка (bg) f ( búdka )
Catalan: quiosc (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 商亭 ( shāngtíng ) , 亭 (zh) ( tíng ) , 亭子 (zh) ( tíngzi ) , 便亭 ( biàntíng ) , 售貨亭 / 售货亭 (zh) ( shòuhuòtíng ) , 攤亭 / 摊亭 ( tāntíng ) , 小賣店 / 小卖店 (zh) ( xiǎomàidiàn )
Crimean Tatar: kiosk
Czech: stánek (cs) m , kiosek (cs) m
Danish: kiosk (da) c
Dutch: kiosk (nl) m or f
Esperanto: budo , kiosko (eo)
Estonian: kiosk (et)
Faroese: kiosk f
Finnish: kioski (fi)
French: kiosque (fr) m
Galician: quiosco (gl) m
Georgian: კიოსკი ( ḳiosḳi )
German: Kiosk (de) m , Büdchen (de) n
Greek: περίπτερο (el) n ( períptero )
Gujarati: કિઓસ્ક ( kiosk ) , લતાગૃહ ( latāgŕh )
Hebrew: קִיּוֹסְק (he) m ( kiósk )
Hindi: कीओस्क ( kīosk ) , खोका ( khokā )
Hungarian: kioszk (hu)
Icelandic: skáli m , söluskáli m , söluturn m , sjoppa f
Ingrian: balagana
Italian: chiosco (it) m
Japanese: キオスク (ja) ( kiosuku ) , 売店 (ja) ( ばいてん, baiten )
Kalmyk: кивд ( kivd )
Khmer: តៀម (km) ( tiəm )
Korean: 키오스크 (ko) ( kioseukeu ) , 매점(賣店) (ko) ( maejeom ) , 가판대(街販臺) (ko) ( gapandae ) , 판매점(販賣店) (ko) ( panmaejeom )
Kyrgyz: күркө ( kürkö )
Latvian: kiosks m
Lithuanian: kioskas m
Macedonian: трафика f ( trafika ) , бутка f ( butka ) , киоск m ( kiosk )
Malay: kiosk , kios ( Indonesia )
Maori: wharau , wharau hoko
Norman: kiosque m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kiosk m
Pashto: کیوسک
Persian: کیوسک (fa) ( kiyusk ) , کوشک (fa) ( kôšk ) , دکه (fa) ( dakke )
Polish: kiosk (pl) m
Portuguese: quiosque (pt) m
Romanian: chioșc (ro) n
Russian: кио́ск (ru) m ( kiósk ) , ларёк (ru) m ( larjók ) , бу́дка (ru) f ( búdka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кѝоск m , тра̀фика f
Roman: kìosk (sh) m , tràfika (sh) f
Slovak: kiosk m
Slovene: kiosk m
Spanish: quiosco (es) m , kiosco (es) m
Swedish: kiosk (sv)
Tajik: кӯшк (tg) ( küšk )
Turkish: kiosk (tr)
Ukrainian: кіо́ск (uk) m ( kiósk )
Uzbek: koʻshk (uz) , kiosk
Vietnamese: gian hàng (vi) , quán (vi) , ki-ốt
Welsh: ciosg m or f
Translations to be checked
Further reading
Anagrams
Crimean Tatar
Noun
kiosk
kiosk
Declension
Declension of kiosk
nominative
kiosk
genitive
kiosknıñ
dative
kioskqa
accusative
kiosknı
locative
kioskta
ablative
kiosktan
References
Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002 ) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary ] , Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
Danish
Etymology
From Turkish köşk .
Noun
kiosk c (singular definite kiosken , plural indefinite kiosker )
kiosk
convenience store , corner shop
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French kiosque , from Italian chiosco , from Ottoman Turkish كوشك ( köşk ) , from Persian کوشک ( kôšk , “ palace, portico ” ) , from Middle Persian kwšk' ( kōšk ) .[ 1]
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /kiˈɔsk/
Hyphenation: ki‧osk
Noun
kiosk f (plural kiosken , diminutive kioskje n )
a kiosk
( Belgium ) a bandstand , a band rotunda
( Belgium ) a Morris column
Synonyms: infozuil , peperbus , reclamezuil
Derived terms
Descendants
References
^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans , Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009 ) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
Estonian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Noun
kiosk (genitive kioski , partitive kioskit )
kiosk
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
Further reading
“kiosk ”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language ] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Norwegian Bokmål
A kiosk in Oslo , Norway .
Etymology
From French kiosque ( “ kiosk ” ) , from Italian chiosco ( “ kiosk ” ) , from Turkish köşk ( “ villa, summer mansion; garden pavillion ” ) , from Ottoman Turkish كوشك ( köşk , “ villa, small palace; pavillion ” ) , from Persian کوشک ( kôšk , “ kiosk; palace, portico ” ) , from Middle Persian kwšk' ( kōšk , “ pavillion, palace ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
kiosk m (definite singular kiosken , indefinite plural kiosker , definite plural kioskene )
a kiosk ( a small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, food, etc. )
Å gå i kiosken for å kjøpe pastiller. To go to the kiosk to buy lozenges.
1990 , Halfdan Kjerulf , Halfdan Kjerulfs dagbøker for årene 1833, 1840, 1850, 1851 , page 58 :jeg læste journalerne i kiosken idag I read the journals in the kiosk today
1930 , Morgenbladet , page 6:en kiosk til salg av frukt og cigaretter a kiosk for the sale of fruit and cigarettes
( of the Orient ) a garden pavilion ; gazebo , garden house ; garden castle
Synonyms: hagepaviljong , lysthus , hagehus
1873 , Henrik Ibsen , Kærlighedens komedie , page 93 :fantasiens små kineserdukker, som sidder i kioskens ly the little Chinese dolls of the imagination, who sit in the pavillion's shelter
1997 , Knut Hamsun , Knut Hamsuns brev IV , page 117 :nu bygger jeg en kiosk til mig alene et stykke borte fra gaarden now I am building a garden pavillion for myself alone some distance away from the farm
a telephone booth ( a small enclosure housing a public telephone )
Synonym: telefonkiosk
Jeg ringer deg senere fra en kiosk, er det greit? I'll call you later from a telephone booth, is that okay?
a smaller transformer station e.g. for the distribution of electrical energy to a small area
Synonym: transformatorkiosk
Derived terms
References
“kiosk” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
“kiosk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).
“kiosk ” in Store norske leksikon
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Turkish köşk .
Noun
kiosk m (definite singular kiosken , indefinite plural kioskar , definite plural kioskane )
a kiosk
References
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French kiosque , from Italian chiosco , from Ottoman Turkish كوشك ( köşk ) , from Persian کوشک ( kôšk , “ palace, portico ” ) , from Middle Persian kwšk' ( kōšk ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /kjɔsk/
Rhymes: -ɔsk
Syllabification: kiosk
Noun
kiosk m inan
kiosk ( enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc. are sold )
( architecture ) kiosk ( Turkish garden pavillion )
( nautical ) a sail of a submarine
( dated ) gazebo
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
kiosk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
kiosk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
From French kiosque , from Turkish köşk .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɕɔsk/ , /kɪˈɔsk/ , /kjɔsk/
Noun
kiosk c
kiosk , newsagent , corner shop ; a small shop where you can buy low priced items such as (mostly) candy, newspapers, drink and a hot dog
Declension
Derived terms