chiosco

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjɔ.sko/
• Rhymes: -ɔsko
• Hyphenation: chiò‧sco

Noun

chiosco m (plural chioschi)

1. kiosk
2. stall
3. outhouse

Synonyms

• bersò
• padiglione
• pergolato

Descendants

• → French: kiosque
  • → Dutch: kiosk
    • Afrikaans: kiosk
    • → Indonesian: kios
      • → Ternate: kios
  • → English: kiosk
  • → Norman: kiosque
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: kiosk
  • → Polish: kiosk
  • → Portuguese: quiosque
  • → Russian: киоск (kiosk), кіо́скъ (kiósk)
    • → Georgian: კიოსკი (ḳiosḳi)
    • → Hebrew: קִיּוׄסְק (kiyósk)
    • → Yakut: киоск (kiosk)
  • → Spanish: kiosco

Further reading

• chiosco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana