kis

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

• chis

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

Interjection

kis

1. used to attract a cat, often repeated

   kis kis, kippurahäntä

   here, kitty, kitty, "curly-tail"

Further reading

• “kis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• -ksi

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iʃ

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

• kissé

Further reading

• kis 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

Livonian

Etymology

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

Pronoun

kis

1. who

Declension

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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kis

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Swedish kis (sense 1), and German Kies (sense 2).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːs/, IPA^(key): /çiːs/ for the second meaning.
• Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

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

1. (slang) guy, dude
2. (mineralogy) pyrite

Derived terms

• svovelkis

References

• “kis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kis_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “kis_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Swedish kis (sense 1), and German Kies (sense 2).

Noun

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

1. (slang) guy, dude
2. (mineralogy) pyrite

Derived terms

• svovelkis

References

• “kis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Slovene

Etymology

Back-formation of kísel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kíːs/

Noun

kȋs m inan

1. vinegar

Inflection

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Synonyms

• ócet (archaic)

Further reading

• “kis”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kis/

Noun

kis c

1. a boy

   en tuff kis

   a tough boy

Declension

Synonyms

• pojke

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kies.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çis/

Noun

kis c

1. pyrite, fool's gold

Declension

Synonyms

• svavelkis
• pyrit
• kattguld

Descendants

• → Finnish: kiisu

References

• kis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• -isk, sik

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English kiss.

Noun

kis

1. kiss

Volapük

Pronoun

kis

1. what? (nominative, interrogative)