kiosk

See also Kiosk

English

WOTD – 23 May 2009    

Wikipedia

A German kiosk selling cigarettes and newspapers

Alternative forms

• kiosque

Etymology

From French kiosque, from Turkish köşk (“pavilion”), from Ottoman Turkish كوشك (köşk), from Persian کوشک (kôšk, “palace, portico”), from Middle Persian 𐭪𐭥𐭱𐭪𐭩 (kōšk).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkiː.ɒsk/, X-SAMPA: /"ki:.Qsk/
• (US) IPA: /ˈki.ɑsk/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

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 dispensation of tickets, etc.
3. a Turkish garden pavillion

Translations

enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold

• Armenian: կրպակ (hy) (krpak), տաղավար (hy) (taġavar), (colloquially) բուդկա (hy) (budka)
• Belarusian: кіёск (be) (kijósk) m
• Bulgarian: будка (bg) (budka)
• Crimean Tatar: kiosk
• Czech: stánek (cs) m, kiosek (cs) m
• Danish: kiosk (da) c
• Dutch: kiosk (nl) m and f
• Esperanto: budo (eo)
• Estonian: kiosk (et)
• Faroese: kiosk (fo) f
• Finnish: kioski (fi)
• French: kiosque (fr) m
• Galician: quiosco (gl) m
• German: Kiosk (de) m
• Greek: περίπτερο (el) (períptero) n
• Hebrew: קיוסק (he) (kiósk) m
• Hungarian: kioszk (hu)

• Icelandic: skáli (is) m, söluskáli (is) m, söluturn (is) m, sjoppa (is) f, (uncommon) kiosk (is)
• Italian: chiosco (it) m
• Japanese: キオスク (ja) (kiosuku)
• Jèrriais: kiosque m
• Macedonian: трафика (mk) (tráfika) f, бутка (mk) (bútka) f, трафика (mk) (tráfika) f, киоск (mk) (kíosk) m
• Norwegian: kiosk (no) m
• Persian: کیوسک (fa) (kiyusk)
• Polish: kiosk (pl) m
• Portuguese: quiosque (pt) m
• Romanian: chioșc (ro) n
• Russian: киоск (ru) (kiósk) m, ларёк (ru) (lar'ók) m, будка (ru) (búdka) f
• Serbo-Croatian: киоск (sh) m, трафика (sh) f
• Spanish: quiosco (es) m
• Swedish: kiosk (sv)
• Ukrainian: кіоск (uk) (kiósk) m

unattended stand

• Czech: automat (cs) m
• Danish: automat (da) c
• Finnish: automaatti (fi)
• Hungarian: automata (hu), kioszk (hu)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: automat (no) m
• Spanish: quiosco (es) m
• Swedish: automat (sv) c

Turkish garden pavillion

• Armenian: (colloquially) բիսեդկա (hy) (bisedka)
• Greek: κιόσκι (el) (kióski) n
• Hungarian: kioszk (hu)

• Russian: беседка (ru) (besédka) f
• Turkish: köşk (tr)

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

kiosk

1. kiosk

Declension

    declension of kiosk

nominative	kiosk
genitive	kiosknıñ
dative	kioskqa
accusative	kiosknı
locative	kioskta
ablative	kiosktan

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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Danish

Noun

kiosk c (singular definite kiosken, plural indefinite kiosker)

1. kiosk

Inflection

    Inflection of kiosk

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	kiosk	kiosken	kiosker	kioskerne
genitive	kiosks	kioskens	kioskers	kioskernes

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Noun

kiosk f (plural kiosken, diminutive kioskje)

1. kiosk

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Estonian

Noun

kiosk (^??? please provide the genitive and partitive!)

1. kiosk

Declension

This Estonian noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

Wikipedia ^no

kiosk

1. kiosk

Inflection

	singular	plural
indefinite	kiosk	kiosker
definite	kiosken	kioskene

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Polish

Etymology

From French kiosque

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

kiosk m

1. kiosk
2. a sail of a submarine

Declension

    declension of kiosk

	singular	plural
nominative	kiosk	kioski
genitive	kiosku	kiosków
dative	kioskowi	kioskom
accusative	kiosk	kioski
instrumental	kioskiem	kioskami
locative	kiosku	kioskach
vocative	kiosku	kioski

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɕɔsk/

Noun

kiosk c

1. kiosk; a small enclosed structure

Declension

Declension of kiosk

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kiosk	kiosken	kiosker	kioskerna
genitive	kiosks	kioskens	kioskers	kioskernas