kiosk

See also: Kiosk

English

WOTD – 23 May 2009

A German kiosk (sense 1) selling cigarettes and newspapers

An interactive kiosk (sense 2)

Alternative forms

• kiosque (archaic)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Persian kwšk' (kōšk)bor.

Classical Persian کوشْک (kōšk)bor.

Ottoman Turkish كوشك (köşk)bor.

Italian chioscobor.

French kiosquebor.

English kiosk

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (Australia):

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Noun

kiosk (plural kiosks)

2. A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.
   • 2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 143:

     I remember that one time I went to the kiosk next door to buy condoms, it was raining, she appeared.

4. A similar but unattended stand for the automatic dispensing of tickets, etc; an e-kiosk.
   • 2018 July 26, Hollis Johnson, “We tried the kiosks that analysts say could help McDonald's win back $2.7 billion in sales. Here's the verdict.”, in Business Insider‎^[1]:

     Not only has the infamous upgrade gone by the wayside, but cashiers at fast-food restaurants are becoming increasingly uncommon. McDonald's started rolling out ordering kiosks at its US locations in 2015, and the chain hasn't looked back since: by 2020, most of its 14,000 locations will have kiosks installed.

5. A public telephone booth.
   • 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:

     "'Course I do. I was in the yard office before I came on here. And you don't need a number for police; you—"
     "That's all right, lad. Slip down into the High Street as quick as you can cut and put that through from the nearest kiosk. Here's a couple of pennies—"

6. A Turkish garden pavilion.

Derived terms

• e-kiosk
• Internet kiosk
• kiosked
• kiosker
• kiosklike
• telekiosk
• telephone kiosk

Descendants

• → Japanese: キオスク (kiosuku)
• → Korean: 키오스크 (kioseukeu)
• → Welsh: ciosg

Translations

enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold

• Albanian: kiosk m, qoshk (sq) m
• Arabic: كُشْك m (kušk)

  Hijazi Arabic: كُشْك (kušk)

  Moroccan Arabic: صاكة f (ṣāka)

• Armenian: կրպակ (hy) (krpak), տաղավար (hy) (taġavar), (colloquially) բուդկա (budka)
• Azerbaijani: köşk (az), kiosk
• Belarusian: кіёск m (kijósk)
• Bulgarian: бу́дка (bg) f (búdka)
• Catalan: quiosc (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 商亭 (shāngtíng), 亭 (zh) (tíng), 亭子 (zh) (tíngzi), 便亭 (biàntíng), 售貨亭 / 售货亭 (zh) (shòuhuòtíng), 攤亭 / 摊亭 (tāntíng), 小賣店 / 小卖店 (zh) (xiǎomàidiàn)

• Crimean Tatar: kiosk
• Czech: stánek (cs) m, kiosek (cs) m
• Danish: kiosk (da) c
• Dutch: kiosk (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: budo, kiosko (eo)
• Estonian: kiosk (et)
• Faroese: kiosk f
• Finnish: kioski (fi)
• French: kiosque (fr) m
• Galician: quiosco (gl) m
• Georgian: კიოსკი (ḳiosḳi)
• German: Kiosk (de) m, Büdchen (de) n
• Greek: περίπτερο (el) n (períptero)
• Gujarati: કિઓસ્ક (kiosk), લતાગૃહ (latāgŕh)
• Hebrew: קִיּוֹסְק (he) m (kiósk)
• Hindi: गुमटी (hi) f (gumṭī), खोखा (hi) m (khokhā)
• Hungarian: kioszk (hu)
• Icelandic: skáli m, söluskáli m, söluturn m, sjoppa f
• Ingrian: balagana
• Italian: chiosco (it) m
• Japanese: キオスク (ja) (kiosuku), 売店 (ja) (ばいてん, baiten)
• Kalmyk: кивд (kivd)
• Kazakh: дүңгіршек (düŋgiršek) (neologism), киоск (kıyosk)
• Khmer: តៀម (km) (tiəm)
• Korean: 매점(賣店) (ko) (maejeom), 가판대(街販臺) (ko) (gapandae), 판매점(販賣店) (ko) (panmaejeom)
• Kyrgyz: күркө (kürkö), киоск (kiosk)
• Latvian: kiosks m
• Lithuanian: kioskas m
• Macedonian: трафика f (trafika), бутка f (butka), киоск m (kiosk)
• Malay: kiosk, kios (Indonesia)
• Māori: wharau, wharau hoko
• Marathi: गाळा m (gāḷā), स्टॉल m (sṭŏl)
• Norman: kiosque m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kiosk m

• Pashto: کیوسک m
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: کِیوسْک (kiyusk), کوشْک (kušk), دَکِّه (dakke)

• Polish: kiosk (pl) m
• Portuguese: quiosque (pt) m, banca (pt) f
• Romanian: chioșc (ro) n
• Russian: кио́ск (ru) m (kiósk), ларёк (ru) m (larjók), бу́дка (ru) f (búdka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кѝоск m, тра̀фика f

  Latin: kìosk (sh) m, tràfika (sh) f

• Slovak: kiosk m
• Slovene: kiosk m
• Spanish: quiosco (es) m, kiosco (es) m, estanquillo m
• Swedish: kiosk (sv)
• Tajik: кӯшк (tg) (küšk), дӯконча (dükonča)
• Turkish: kiosk (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: كوشك (köşk)

• Turkmen: köşk, kiosk
• Ukrainian: кіо́ск (uk) m (kiósk)
• Urdu: گُمْٹی f (gumṭī), کھوکھا m (khokhā)
• Uzbek: koʻshk (uz), kiosk
• Vietnamese: gian hàng (vi), quán (vi), ki-ốt
• Welsh: ciosg m or f

unattended stand

• Catalan: taquilla automàtica f
• Czech: automat (cs) m
• Danish: automat c
• Esperanto: aŭtomato (eo), aŭtomata kiosko
• Finnish: automaatti (fi)
• Hungarian: automata (hu), kioszk (hu)
• Japanese: キオスク (ja) (kiosuku)
• Korean: 키오스크 (ko) (kioseukeu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: automat m

• Polish: automat (pl) m
• Portuguese: quiosque interativo m, totem m
• Russian: автома́т (ru) m (avtomát), кио́ск (ru) m (kiósk)
• Spanish: quiosco (es) m
• Swedish: automat (sv) c

Turkish garden pavillion

• Armenian: (colloquially) բիսեդկա (bisedka)
• Bulgarian: павилио́н (bg) m (pavilión)
• Catalan: pavelló (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 涼亭 / 凉亭 (zh) (liángtíng)

• Esperanto: pavilono, kiosko (eo)
• Greek: κιόσκι (el) n (kióski)
• Hungarian: kioszk (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kiosk m, hagepaviljong m

• Persian: کوشک (fa) (kôšk)
• Russian: бесе́дка (ru) f (besédka)
• Turkish: köşk (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: كوشك (köşk)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ჯიხური (ǯixuri)

Further reading

• kiosk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Kosik, kokis

Crimean Tatar

Noun

kiosk

1. kiosk

Declension

Declension of kiosk

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

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Danish

Etymology

Via German Kiosk, from Turkish köşk, from Persian کوشک (kôšk, “palace, portico”).

Noun

kiosk c (singular definite kiosken, plural indefinite kiosker)

1. kiosk
2. convenience store, corner shop

Inflection

Declension of kiosk

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kiosk	kiosken	kiosker	kioskerne
genitive	kiosks	kioskens	kioskers	kioskernes

References

• “kiosk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈɔsk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ki‧osk

Noun

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

Derived terms

• bloemenkiosk
• kioskhouder
• krantenkiosk

Descendants

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

Estonian

Etymology

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Noun

kiosk (genitive kioski, partitive kioskit)

1. kiosk

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “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

Norwegian Bokmål

A kiosk in Oslo, Norway.

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çɔsk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔsk
• Hyphenation: kiosk

Noun

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

Derived terms

• aviskiosk
• kiosklektyre
• kiosklitteratur
• kioskmat
• kioskroman
• kiosksalg
• kioskvare
• kioskvelter
• nattkiosk
• pølsekiosk
• reklamekiosk
• sjokoladekiosk
• storkiosk
• suvenirkiosk
• telefonkiosk
• trafokiosk
• transformatorkiosk

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Turkish köşk.

Noun

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

1. a kiosk

References

• “kiosk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjɔsk/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ɔsk
• Syllabification: kiosk

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

adjective

• kioskowy

nouns

• kioskarka
• kioskarz

Further reading

• “kiosk”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kiosk”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Swedish

en kiosk

Etymology

From French kiosque, from Turkish köşk.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of kiosk

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

Derived terms

• kioskmongo (“idiot”)
• kioskvältare (“bestseller, blockbuster”)
• korvkiosk
• telefonkiosk (“telephone booth”)

References

• “kiosk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kiosk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)