kiosk
See also: Kiosk
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- kiosque (archaic)
EtymologyEdit
Earlier kiosque, from French kiosque, from Italian chiosco, from Ottoman Turkish كوشك (köşk), from Persian کوشک (kôšk, “palace, portico”), from Middle Persian kwšk' (kōšk).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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 termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
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unattended stand
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Turkish garden pavillion
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Further readingEdit
AnagramsEdit
Crimean TatarEdit
NounEdit
kiosk
DeclensionEdit
Declension of kiosk
| nominative | kiosk |
|---|---|
| genitive | kiosknıñ |
| dative | kioskqa |
| accusative | kiosknı |
| locative | kioskta |
| ablative | kiosktan |
ReferencesEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
kiosk c (singular definite kiosken, plural indefinite kiosker)
InflectionEdit
Declension of kiosk
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kiosk | kiosken | kiosker | kioskerne |
| genitive | kiosks | kioskens | kioskers | kioskernes |
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French kiosque, from Italian chiosco, from Ottoman Turkish كوشك (köşk), from Persian کوشک (kôšk, “palace, portico”), from Middle Persian kwšk' (kōšk).[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
kiosk f (plural kiosken, diminutive kioskje n)
- A kiosk.
- (Belgium) A bandstand, a band rotunda.
- (Belgium) A Morris column.
- Synonyms: infozuil, peperbus, reclamezuil
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 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
EstonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
kiosk (genitive kioski, partitive kioskit)
DeclensionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further readingEdit
- kiosk in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
Norwegian BokmålEdit
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EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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.)
- 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
- Å gå i kiosken for å kjøpe pastiller.
- To go to the kiosk to buy lozenges.
- (of the Orient) a garden pavilion; gazebo, garden house; garden castle
- 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
- Synonyms: hagepaviljong, lysthus, hagehus
- a telephone booth (a small enclosure housing a public telephone)
- Jeg ringer deg senere fra en kiosk, er det greit?
- I'll call you later from a telephone booth, is that okay?
- Synonym: telefonkiosk
- a smaller transformer station e.g. for the distribution of electrical energy to a small area
- Synonym: transformatorkiosk
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
kiosk m (definite singular kiosken, indefinite plural kioskar, definite plural kioskane)
- a kiosk
ReferencesEdit
- “kiosk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French kiosque, from Italian chiosco, from Ottoman Turkish كوشك (köşk), from Persian کوشک (kôšk, “palace, portico”), from Middle Persian kwšk' (kōšk).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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
DeclensionEdit
Declension of kiosk
Derived termsEdit
adjective
nouns
Further readingEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French kiosque, from Turkish köşk.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of kiosk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kiosk | kiosken | kiosker | kioskerna |
| Genitive | kiosks | kioskens | kioskers | kioskernas |
Derived termsEdit
- kioskvältare (“bestseller, blockbuster”)
- korvkiosk