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English

Noun

kis

  1. plural of ki

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kist, from Middle Dutch kiste, from Proto-West Germanic *kistu, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē), from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kis (plural kiste, diminutive kissie)

  1. chest, box

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

kis

  1. cheese

References

  • Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

Danish

Noun

kis c (singular definite kisen, not used in plural form)

  1. sulfide mineral

Finnish

Etymology

See kissa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkis/,
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification(key): kis
  • Hyphenation(key): kis

Interjection

kis

  1. used to attract a cat, often repeated
    kis kis, kippurahäntä
    here, kitty, kitty, "curly-tail"

Further reading

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Turkic language, compare to Turkish küçük and Turkmen kiçi.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kis (comparative kisebb, superlative legkisebb)

  1. small, little
    Synonyms: kicsi, -ka, -ke, -cska, -cske, -ikó (the meaning of ’little’ is often expressed with diminutive suffixes in Hungarian)

Usage notes

The numeral két (two) and the adjective kis (small, little) can only stand adjectively, before a noun (e.g. két alma (two apples) and kis alma (a small apple)). If they were to occur on their own (possibly also inflected), predicatively, or in reference to a whole noun phrase, the terms kettő (two) and kicsi (small) must be used instead: Csak kettő van (There are only two), Csak kicsi van (There is a small one only.) The same applies to compound numerals like tizenkét and tizenkettő (twelve). In terms of distribution, két and kis are like English sick (sick people ~ két/kis alma) while kettő and kicsi resemble ill (they are ill ~ csak kettő/kicsi van). The longer forms are definitely broader in use as they may also occur adjectively, whether for emphasis or as a form of colloquialism. As a rule of thumb, the short variants (két, kis) never stand on their own.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • kis in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ke-, from Proto-Uralic *ke.

Pronoun

kis

  1. who

Declension

Declension of kis (8)
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) kis
genitive (genitīv) kīen
kīnga
kīend
partitive (partitīv) kīenta
kīenda
kīendi
dative (datīv) kīen
kīngan
kīendõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) kīenkõks
kīngaks
kīendõks
illative (illatīv) kīenõ kīeniž
inessive (inesīv) kīensõ kīenši
elative (elatīv) kīenstõ kīenšti

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

kis

  1. Alternative form of cos

Etymology 2

Verb

kis

  1. Alternative form of kissen

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swedish kis.

Pronunciation

Noun

kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kiser, definite plural kisene)

  1. (slang) guy, dude

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kies.

Pronunciation

Noun

kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kiser, definite plural kisene)

  1. (mineralogy) pyrite
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swedish kis.

Noun

kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kisar, definite plural kisane)

  1. (slang) guy, dude

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kies.

Noun

kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kisar, definite plural kisane)

  1. (mineralogy) pyrite
Derived terms

References

Slovene

Etymology

Back-formation of kísel.

Pronunciation

Noun

kȋs m inan

  1. vinegar

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative kís
genitive kísa
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
kís
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
kísa
dative
(dajȃlnik)
kísu
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
kís
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
kísu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
kísom

Synonyms

Further reading

  • kis”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

Etymology 1

Unknown origin. Entered broader Swedish via Younger Månsing cant. First attested in 1910.

Pronunciation

Noun

kis c

  1. a boy
    en tuff kis
    a tough boy
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kies, compare Swedish kisel.

Pronunciation

Noun

kis c

  1. pyrite, fool's gold
Declension
Synonyms
Descendants
  • Finnish: kiisu

References

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English kiss.

Noun

kis

  1. kiss

Volapük

Pronoun

kis

  1. what? (nominative, interrogative)
    • 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:
      Kis atos binon-li?
      What is this?