kiosk

• kiosque (archaic)

Earlier kiosque, from French kiosque, from Italian chiosco, from Ottoman Turkish كوشك (köşk), from Persian کوشک (kôšk, “palace, portico”), from Middle Persian kwšk' (kōšk).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːˌɒsk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkiˌɑsk/

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kiosk (plural kiosks)

1. A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.
2. A similar unattended stand for the automatic dispensing of tickets, etc.
3. A public telephone booth.
4. A Turkish garden pavilion.

• kiosk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Kosik, kokis

kiosk

1. kiosk

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

From Turkish köşk.

kiosk c (singular definite kiosken, plural indefinite kiosker)

1. kiosk
2. convenience store, corner shop

Borrowed from French kiosque, from Italian chiosco, from Ottoman Turkish كوشك (köşk), from Persian کوشک (kôšk, “palace, portico”), from Middle Persian kwšk' (kōšk).[1]

• IPA^(key): /kiˈɔsk/

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• Hyphenation: ki‧osk

kiosk f (plural kiosken, diminutive kioskje n)

1. A kiosk.
2. (Belgium) A bandstand, a band rotunda.
3. (Belgium) A Morris column.

   Synonyms: infozuil, peperbus, reclamezuil

• bloemenkiosk
• kioskhouder
• krantenkiosk

• Afrikaans: kiosk
• → Indonesian: kios
  • → Ternate: kios

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kiosk (genitive kioski, partitive kioskit)

1. kiosk

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• “kiosk”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

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”).

• IPA^(key): /çɔsk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔsk
• Hyphenation: kiosk

kiosk m (definite singular kiosken, indefinite plural kiosker, definite plural kioskene)

1. 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.)

   Å gå i kiosken for å kjøpe pastiller.

   To go to the kiosk to buy lozenges.

   • 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

2. (of the Orient) a garden pavilion; gazebo, garden house; garden castle

   Synonyms: hagepaviljong, lysthus, hagehus

   • 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

3. a telephone booth (a small enclosure housing a public telephone)

   Synonym: telefonkiosk

   Jeg ringer deg senere fra en kiosk, er det greit?

   I'll call you later from a telephone booth, is that okay?

4. a smaller transformer station e.g. for the distribution of electrical energy to a small area

   Synonym: transformatorkiosk

• “kiosk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kiosk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “kiosk” in Store norske leksikon

From Turkish köşk.

kiosk m (definite singular kiosken, indefinite plural kioskar, definite plural kioskane)

1. a kiosk

• “kiosk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French kiosque, from Italian chiosco, from Ottoman Turkish كوشك (köşk), from Persian کوشک (kôšk, “palace, portico”), from Middle Persian kwšk' (kōšk).

• IPA^(key): /kjɔsk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔsk
• Syllabification: kiosk

kiosk m inan

1. kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc. are sold)
2. (architecture) kiosk (Turkish garden pavillion)
3. (nautical) a sail of a submarine
4. (dated) gazebo

• kiosk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kiosk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From French kiosque, from Turkish köşk.

• IPA^(key): /ɕɔsk/, /kɪˈɔsk/, /kjɔsk/

kiosk c

1. kiosk, newsagent, corner shop; a small shop where you can buy low priced items such as (mostly) candy, newspapers, drink and a hot dog

• kioskvältare (“bestseller, blockbuster”)
• korvkiosk