kiss

EnglishEdit

A woman kissing a baby

PronunciationEdit

enPR: kĭs, IPA^(key): /kɪs/, [kʰɪs]
Audio (US)
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Rhymes: -ɪs

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English kissen, kussen, from Old English cyssan (“to kiss”), from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną (“to kiss”), cognates include Danish kysse, Dutch kussen, German küssen, Icelandic kyssa and Swedish kyssa. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ku, *kus (probably imitative), with cognates including Ancient Greek κύσσω (kússō), poetic form of κύσω (kúsō, “to kiss”), and Hittite [script needed] (kuwassanzi, “they kiss”).

VerbEdit

kiss (third-person singular simple present kisses, present participle kissing, simple past and past participle kissed)

(transitive) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
  He […] kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack, / That at the parting all the church echoed.
- 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II Scene 2
  I'll kiss thy foot. I'll swear myself thy subject.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175:
  But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.
The nearside of the car just kissed a parked truck as he took the corner at high speed.

His ball kissed the black into the corner pocket.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
  Like fire and powder, / Which as they kiss consume.
- (Can we date this quote?) Alfred Tennyson
  Rose, rose and clematis, / Trail and twine and clasp and kiss.
(intransitive) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
(transitive, archaic) To treat with fondness.

SynonymsEdit

to kiss each other (3)
to kiss one another (3)
See also Thesaurus:kiss

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

to touch with the lips

Abaza: ашӏагвдзра́ (āč̣āg°ʒrā́)
Abkhaz: агәӡра (āg°ʒrā), агәыдкылара (āg°ədḳəlārā)
Afrikaans: soen (af)
Albanian: puth (sq)
Alemannic German: verschmutza (Alsatian)
Amharic: ሳመ (samä), መሳም (mäsam)
Arabic: قَبَّلَ‎ (ar) (qabbala), بَاسَ‎ (bāsa) (colloquial), لَثَمَ‎ (laṯama)
Egyptian Arabic: باس‎ (bās)

Gulf Arabic: باس‎ (bas)

Moroccan: بَاس‎ (bas)
Aragonese: besar
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܢܽܘܫܩܬܳܐ‎, ܢܽܘܫܰܩܬܳܐ‎
Arapaho: niitén-
Archi: пӏаъбос (p'áʔbos), баъ-бос (báʔ-bos)
Armenian: համբուրել (hy) (hamburel), պաչել (hy) (pačʿel) (colloquial)
Aromanian: bash, bashu
Asturian: besar
Avar: баизе (baize)
Aymara: jamp'atiña
Azerbaijani: öpmək (az)
Bashkir: үбеү (übew)
Basque: musu eman
Belarusian: цалава́ць impf (calavácʹ), пацалава́ць pf (pacalavácʹ)
Bengali: চুম্বন করা (cumbôn kôra)
Bislama: kis, kisim, kiskisim
Breton: pokat (br), bouchañ (br)
Bulgarian: целу́вам (bg) impf (celúvam), целу́на pf (celúna)
Burmese: နမ်း (my) (nam:)
Buryat: таалаха (taalaxa)
Catalan: besar (ca), petonejar (ca)
Cebuano: halokan
Ch'orti': tzuhtzi uti'
Chamorro: chiku
Chechen: берташ да̄ха (bertaš dāχa)
Cherokee: hdawedo’vsga (hdawedo’vsga)
Cheyenne: -mȧsém, -mȯsém, -mȯsém, -vȯsémohtá, -vȯsémȯsáne (to kiss people)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 接吻 (zip³ man⁵), 嘴 (zeoi²), 嘴嘴 (zeoi² zeoi²), 錫 (sek³), 惜 (sek³)

Mandarin: 吻 (zh) (wěn), 親 (zh), 亲 (zh) (qīn), 親吻 (zh), 亲吻 (zh) (qīnwěn), 接吻 (zh) (jiēwěn), 親嘴 (zh), 亲嘴 (zh) (qīnzuǐ) (colloquial)
Choctaw: impuⁿsa
Chukchi: йыӈок (jyṇok)
Chuvash: чупту (čuptu)
Cornish: amma, abma (kw)
Corsican: basgià (co)
Crimean Tatar:
Cyrillic: опмек

Latin: öpmek
Czech: líbat (cs) impf, políbit (cs) pf, dát pusu
Dalmatian: bissuor
Danish: kysse (da)
Dutch: kussen (nl), zoenen (nl)

Egyptian:

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Emilian: basèr (Bolognese)
Erzya: паламс (palams), палсемс (palsems)
Esperanto: kisi (eo)
Estonian: suudlus (et), suudlema
Evenki: нюка̄ндя-мӣ (ņukānʒa-mī)
Faroese: mussa, kyssa
Finnish: suudella (fi), suukottaa, pussata (fi)
French: embrasser (fr)
Friulian: bussâ, bušâ
Gagauz: öpmää
Galician: bicar (gl), beixar (gl)
Gallurese: basgià
Gamilaraay: yabili
Georgian: კოცნა (ḳocna), ამბორი (ambori)
German: küssen (de)
Gothic: 𐌺𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kukjan)
Greek: φιλώ (el) (filó), ασπάζομαι (el) (aspázomai), δίνω φιλί (díno filí)
Ancient: καταφιλέω (kataphiléō), φιλέω (philéō)
Greenlandic: kunippaa, kunissivoq
Guaraní: etũ (h-)
Hebrew: נישק \ נִשֵּׁק‎ (nishék), נתן נשיקה‎ (natán n'shiká)
Hiligaynon: halukan
Hindi: चूमना (hi) (cūmnā), चुम्बन करना (cumban karnā)
Hungarian: puszil (hu), csókol (hu)
Hunsrik: kisse
Icelandic: kyssa (is)
Ido: kisar (io)
Indonesian: cium (id), mengecup (id)
Interlingua: basiar
Irish: póg (ga) f
Italian: baciare (it)
Japanese: キスする (ja) (kisu suru), 口付けする (くちづけする, kuchizuke suru), 接吻する (ja) (せっぷんする, seppun suru), チューする (chū suru)
Karelian: nopata, ukata, šuuda mučottua
Kazakh: сүю (süyw), өбу (öbw)
Khmer: ថើប (km) (thaəp)
Korean: 입맞추다 (immatchuda), 키스하다 (ko) (kiseuhada), 뽀뽀하다 (ko) (ppoppohada)
Kuna: wagar ue
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: maç kirin, ramûsandin (ku)

Sorani: ماچ کردن‎ (ku) (mâch kirdin)

Kyrgyz: өбүү (ky) (öbüü), өөп коюу (ky) (ööp koyuu)
Ladino: bezar
Lao: ຈູບ (chūp), ຫອຍຈູບ, ຈຸມພິດ (chum phit)
Latgalian: sumynuot, bučuot
Latin: basiō, ōsculor, suavior, sāvior
Latvian: skūpstīt, bučot (lv)
Ligurian: baijà (Monégasque)
Limburgish: pune
Lithuanian: bučiuoti
Lombard: basà
Luxembourgish: kussen (lb), këssen (lb), eng Bees ginn
Macedonian: бакнува impf (baknuva), целива impf (celiva)
Malay: mencium
Malayalam: ചുംബിയ്ക്കുക (cumbiykkuka), ഉമ്മ വക്കുക (umma vakkuka)
Maltese: bies
Manx: cur paag da, cur smittag da
Mazanderani: خش‎, خش هداهن‎
Mirandese: beisar
Mongolian: үнсэх (mn) (ünseh), озох (mn) (ozoh)
Navajo: yiyiitsʼǫs
Neapolitan: vasà
Nepali: म्वाइँ खानु (mwāĩ khānu)
Ngazidja Comorian: uɓusu
Norman: embraichi, baîsi
North Frisian: taatji (Sylt)
Northern Sami: cumˈmát
Norwegian: kysse (no)
Occitan: baisar, potonar (oc)
Ojibwe: ojiim
Old English: cyssan
Old Frisian: kessa
Old High German: kussen
Old Norse: kyssa
Old Saxon: kussian
Pashto: چومل‎ (ps) (čumǝ́l), مچول‎ (mačawᶕl)
Persian: بوسیدن‎ (fa) (busidan), ماچ کردن‎ (mâč kardan)
Piedmontese: basé
Polish: całować (pl) impf, pocałować (pl) pf
Portuguese: beijar (pt)
Quechua: much'ay, mucai, muzai
Romanian: săruta (ro), pupa (ro)
Romansch: bitschar, bitschear, bitschier, bütschar, bütscher
Russian: целова́ть (ru) impf (celovátʹ), поцелова́ть (ru) pf (pocelovátʹ), целова́ться (ru) impf (celovátʹsja) (of two people, each other)
Sanskrit: चुम्ब् (sa) (cumb)
Sardinian: basai, vasare
Campidanese: basare

Logudorese: basu m, basare

Sassarese: bajà
Scottish Gaelic: pòg f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: љу́бити impf, пољу́бити, целивати impf, поцеливати pf

Roman: ljúbiti (sh) impf, poljúbiti (sh) pf, celivati (sh) impf, pocelivati pf
Sicilian: vasari (scn), baciari
Sinhalese: හාදුව (hāduva)
Slovak: bozkať impf, pobozkať pf
Slovene: ljubiti (sl) impf, poljubiti (sl) pf
Sorbian:
Lower: póškaś impf, wupóškaś pf, póšknuś pf

Upper: košić impf, wokošić pf
Southern Sami: tjuvliestidh, tjånnahtidh
Spanish: besar (es)
Old Spanish: besar
Swahili: -busu (sw), -nonea
Swedish: kyssa (sv) (passionately), pussa (sv) (lightly)
Tagalog: halik, hahagkan, halikan
Tajik: бӯса кардан (büsa kardan), бӯса гирифтан (büsa giriftan), бӯсидан (tg) (büsidan), бӯсса кардан (büssa kardan)
Tamil: முத்தம் (ta) (muttam)
Tatar: үбәргә (übärgä)
Telugu: ముద్దాడు (te) (muddāḍu), చుంబించు (te) (cumbiñcu)
Thai: จูบ (th) (jùup)
Tibetan: འོ་བྱེད ('o byed), ཁ་བསྐྱལ (kha bskyal), ཨོའོ་བསྐྱལ (o'o bskyal), འོ་བྱས ('o byas)
Tupinambá: îurupyter
Turkish: öpmek (tr)
Turkmen: öpmek
Tuvan: ошкаар (oškaar)
Ukrainian: цілува́ти (uk) impf (ciluváty), поцілува́ти pf (pociluváty)
Urdu: چومنا‎ (cūmnā), چمبان کرنا‎ (cumban karnā)
Uyghur: ئۆپمەك‎ (öpmek), بوسە قىلماق‎ (bose qilmaq), لېۋىگە باسماق‎ (lëwige basmaq)
Uzbek: oʻpmoq (uz), boʻsa olmoq
Venetian: baxar (vec)
Vietnamese: hôn (vi), hun (vi)
Volapük: kidön (vo)
Võro: suuandminõ
Walloon: rabressî (wa), båjhî (wa)
Welsh: cusanu (cy)
West Frisian: tútsje (fy)
Westrobothnian: slekj
Yiddish: קושן‎ (kushn)

to touch lightly

Bulgarian: докосвам (bg) (dokosvam)
Esperanto: tuŝeti
Finnish: hipaista (fi)
French: effleurer (fr)
German: küssen (de)
Greek: ακροφιλώ (akrofiló)
Hebrew: נָשַׁק‎ (he) (nasháq)

Indonesian: cium (id)
Norwegian: kysse (no)
Portuguese: beijar (pt), raspar (pt)
Russian: каса́ться (ru) impf (kasátʹsja)
Turkish: öpmek (tr)
Walloon: aduzer (wa)

to touch each other’s lips

Armenian: համբուրվել (hy) (hamburvel), (colloquial) պաչպչվել (hy) (pačʿpčʿvel)
Bashkir: үбешеү (übešew)
Belarusian: цалава́цца impf (calavácca)
Bulgarian: целувам се (celuvam se)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 互吻 (wu⁶ man⁵), 互吻嘴 (wu⁶ man⁵ zeoi²), 互嘴 (wu⁶ zeoi²), 互嘴嘴 (wu⁶ zeoi² zeoi²), 互錫 (wu⁶ sek³), 互錫嘴 (wu⁶ sek³ zeoi²), 互惜 (wu⁶ sek³), 互惜嘴 (wu⁶ sek³ zeoi²)

Mandarin: 吻 (zh) (wěn), 親 (zh), 亲 (zh) (qīn), 親吻 (zh), 亲吻 (zh) (qīnwěn), 接吻 (zh) (jiēwěn), (colloquial) 親嘴 (zh), 亲嘴 (zh) (qīnzuǐ)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} elkaar kussen (nl) , ^{(please verify)} elkaar zoenen (nl)
Esperanto: kisi unu la alian
Faroese: mussast, kyssast
Finnish: suudella (fi)
French: s'embrasser
Galician: bicarse
Georgian: კოცნა (ḳocna), ამბორი (ambori)
German: ^{(please verify)} sich küssen
Greek: φιλώ (el) (filó), ασπάζομαι (el) (aspázomai)
Guaraní: ñehetũ
Hebrew: התנשק‎ (hitnashék)
Hiligaynon: haluk
Hungarian: csókolózik (hu)
Icelandic: kyssast
Indonesian: cium (id)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} basiar se
Italian: baciarsi
Kurdish:
Sorani: ماچ کردن‎ (ku) (mâch kirdin)
Latin: basiari
Latvian: skūpstīties, bučoties
Lithuanian: bučiuotis

Luxembourgish: sech kussen, sech këssen
Macedonian: се бакнува (se baknuva), се бацува (se bacuva)
Malay: mencium
Norman: s'embraichi
Norwegian: kysse (no)
Persian: بوسیدن‎ (fa) (busidan), لب گرفتن‎ (lab gereftan)
Polish: całować się (pl)
Portuguese: beijar-se
Romanian: se săruta
Russian: целова́ться (ru) impf (celovátʹsja), поцелова́ться (ru) pf (pocelovátʹsja)
Sardinian:
Gallurese: basgiassi

Sassarese: bajàssi
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: љу́бити се, пољу́бити се

Roman: ljúbiti se, poljúbiti se
Slovene: poljubljati se
Spanish: besarse (es)
Swedish: kyssas (sv), pussas (sv) (both reciprocal (sv) forms)
Tagalog: halik
Telugu: ముద్దాడు (te) (muddāḍu), చుంబించు (te) (cumbiñcu)
Tupinambá: îoîurupyter
Turkish: öpüşmek (tr)
Ukrainian: цілува́тися (uk) impf (ciluvátysja)
Walloon: si rabressî (wa), si cobetchî (wa)

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English kis, kys, derived from the verb kissen; compare Middle English cos, cus, from Old English coss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.

NounEdit

kiss (plural kisses)

A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
An 'X' mark placed at the end of a letter or other type of message.
A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses.

SynonymsEdit

(touch with the lips): See Thesaurus:buss

TranslationsEdit

touch with the lips

Aari: sónqa
Afrikaans: soen (af), soengroet
Albanian: puthje (sq) f
Arabic: قُبْلَة‎ (ar) f (qubla), بَوْسَة‎ f (bawsa), بُوسَة‎ f (būsa) (colloquial)
Egyptian Arabic: بوسة‎ f (bōsa)

Hijazi Arabic: بوسة‎ f (bōsa)
Armenian: համբույր (hy) (hambuyr)
Assamese: চুমা (suma), পৰশ্ (poros)
Asturian: besu m
Azerbaijani: öpüş (az)
Basque: musu (eu), pot (eu), pa (eu)
Belarusian: пацалу́нак m (pacalúnak)
Bengali: চুম্বন (cumbôn)
Breton: pok (br) m
Bulgarian: целувка f (celuvka)
Burmese: နမ်း (my) (nam:), နမ်းစုတ်ခြင်း (nam:cuthkrang:)
Catalan: petó (ca) m, bes (ca) m, besada (ca) f
Chechen: ба (ba)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 吻 (zh) (wěn), 親 (zh), 亲 (zh) (qīn), 親吻 (zh), 亲吻 (zh) (qīnwěn), 接吻 (zh) (jiēwěn), 親嘴 (zh), 亲嘴 (zh) (qīnzuǐ)
Cornish: bay m
Czech: polibek (cs) m, pusa (cs) f
Dalmatian: biss m
Danish: kys (da)
Dutch: kus (nl), zoen (nl)
Esperanto: kiso (eo)
Estonian: suudlus (et)
Finnish: suukko (fi), suudelma (fi), pusu (fi)
French: baiser (fr) m, bisou (fr) m, bécot (fr) m, bec (fr) m (Quebec), bise (fr) f
Friulian: bussade f
Galician: bico (gl) m, beixo (gl) m
Georgian: კოცნა (ḳocna), ამბორი (ambori)
German: Kuss (de) m, Busserl (de) n
Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 f (frijōns), 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 f (gafrijōns)
Greek: φιλί (el) n (filí), ασπασμός (el) m (aspasmós)
Ancient: φίλημα n (phílēma)
Guaraní: etũ (h-), ñehetũ
Gujarati: ચુંબન (cumban)
Hebrew: נְשִׁיקָה‎ (he) f (neshiká)
Hindi: चुम्बन (hi) (cumban)
Hungarian: csók (hu)
Hunsrik: Kuss m, Schmutz m
Icelandic: koss (is)
Indonesian: ciuman (id)
Interlingua: basio (ia)
Irish: póg (ga) f
Isthmus Zapotec: bixiduʼ
Italian: bacio (it) m
Japanese: キス (ja) (kisu), 接吻 (ja) (せっぷん, seppun), 口付け (くちづけ, kuchizuke), チュー (chū)
Kannada: ಮುತ್ತು (kn) (muttu)
Kazakh: өбісу (öbisw), сүйісу (süyisw)
Khmer: ថើប (km) (tʰaəp)
Korean: 입맞춤 (ko) (immatchum), 키스 (ko) (kiseu), 뽀뽀 (ko) (ppoppo)
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: maç (ku), ramûsan (ku), paç (ku), bûse (ku)

Sorani: ماچ‎ (ku) (mâch)
Kyrgyz: өбүш (ky) (öbüş)
Ladino: bezo
Lao: ຈູບ (chūp), ການຈູບ (kān chūp)

Latin: basium n, osculum (la) n, suavium n, sāvium n
Latvian: skūpsts, buča (lv)
Lithuanian: bučinys (lt) m, (colloquial) bučkis m
Luxembourgish: Kuss m, Bees f
Macedonian: бакнеж m (baknež)
Malay: ciuman
Malayalam: ഉമ്മ (ml) (umma), ചുംബനം (ml) (cumbanaṃ), മുത്തം (ml) (muttaṃ)
Maltese: bewsa f
Manx: paag f
Marathi: चुंबन (cumban)
Mongolian: үнсэлт (ünselt)
Nepali: म्वाइँ (ne) (mwāĩ)
Norman: baîsi m
Norwegian: kyss (no) n
Old English: coss m
Old Irish: póc f
Persian: بوسه‎ (fa) (buse), ماچ‎ (fa) (mâč)
Polish: pocałunek (pl) m, całus (pl) m
Portuguese: beijo (pt) m
Quechua: much'a
Rohingya: cum
Romani: chumi
Romanian: sărut (ro) n, pupic (ro) n
Romansch: bitsch m, betsch m, bütsch m
Russian: поцелу́й (ru) m (pocelúj)
Sanskrit: चुम्बन (sa) n (cumbana)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: basidu, basu

Logudorese: basidu
Scottish Gaelic: pòg f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пољубац m

Roman: poljubac (sh) m
Sicilian: vasu (scn) m
Slovak: bozk (sk) m
Slovene: poljub (sl) m
Spanish: beso (es) m, ósculo (es) m
Old Spanish: beso
Swahili: busu
Swedish: kyss (sv) c, puss (sv) c
Tagalog: halikan, humalik, maghalikan
Tajik: бӯса (büsa), муччӣ (muččī), бӯсса (tg) (büssa)
Tamil: முத்தம் (ta) (muttam)
Telugu: ముద్దు (te) (muddu), చుంబనం (te) (cumbanaṃ)
Thai: การจูบ (th) (gaan-jùup), จูบ (th) (jùup)
Tupinambá: îurupytera, îoîurupytera
Turkish: öpücük (tr), buse (tr)
Turkmen: öpüş, posa
Ukrainian: поцілу́нок m (pocilúnok)
Urdu: چمبان‎ (cumban)
Uyghur: بوسە‎ (bose), ھاببا‎ (habba)
Uzbek: oʻpich (uz), boʻsa (uz)
Venetian: baxo (vec) m
Vietnamese: cái hôn
Volapük: kid (vo)
Welsh: cusan (cy) m or f
West Frisian: tút (fy)
Yiddish: קוש‎ m (kush)

candy or sweet

Finnish: suukko (fi)
Norwegian: pikekyss (no) n

Russian: безе́ (ru) n (bezé)

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from the noun or verb kiss

AnagramsEdit

KSIs, Sisk, skis

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /kɪs/

NounEdit

kiss

pee, wee, tinkle, urine

DeclensionEdit

Declension of kiss
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kiss	kisset	—	—
Genitive	kiss	kissets	—	—

kiss

Contents

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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

VerbEdit

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

SynonymsEdit

TranslationsEdit

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

DeclensionEdit