chiosco

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjɔs.ko/
• 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
  • → Persian: کیوسک (kiyusk)
  • → Russian: киоск (kiosk), кіо́скъ (kiósk) — pre-1918 spelling
    • → Georgian: კიოსკი (ḳiosḳi)
    • → Hebrew: קִיּוֹסְק (kiyósk)
    • → Yakut: киоск (kiosk)
  • → Spanish: kiosco, quiosco
• → German: Kiosk
  • → Hungarian: kioszk

Further reading

• “chiosco”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026