kiosque
English edit
Noun edit
kiosque (plural kiosques)
- Archaic form of kiosk.
- 1895, Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow:
- Cafés and restaurants were scattered here and there among the trees, and twice a week military bands from the garrison played in the kiosques on the parapets.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian chiosco, from Ottoman Turkish كوشك (köşk), from Persian کوشک (kôšk, “palace, portico”), from Middle Persian kwšk' (kōšk).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kiosque m (plural kiosques)
- kiosk (enclosed structure)
- Ellipsis of kiosque à musique (“bandstand”); bandstand
- (nautical) a sail of a submarine
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “kiosque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- kiosque on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
- kiosque à musique on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
kiosque m (plural kiosques)
Derived terms edit
- kiosque d'lot'tie (“lottery kiosk”)
- kiosque d'téléphône (“telephone box”)