kiosk

See also: Kiosk

English

WOTD – 23 May 2009

Alternative forms

A German kiosk selling cigarettes and newspapers

• kiosque (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (AU):

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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 dispensing of tickets, etc.
3. A public telephone booth.
4. A Turkish garden pavilion.

Translations

enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold

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

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

• Crimean Tatar: kiosk
• Czech: stánek m, kiosek (cs) m
• Danish: kiosk (da) c
• Dutch: kiosk (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: budo
• 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: कीओस्क (kīosk), खोका (khokā)
• Hungarian: kioszk (hu)
• Icelandic: skáli m, söluskáli m, söluturn m, sjoppa f
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• Italian: chiosco (it) m
• Japanese: キオスク (kiosuku), 売店 (ばいてん, baiten)
• Kalmyk: кивд (kivd)
• Khmer: តៀម (km) (tiəm)
• Korean: 키오스크 (kioseukeu), 소매점 (ko) (somaejeom)
• Latvian: kiosks m
• Lithuanian: kioskas m
• Macedonian: трафика f (trafika), бутка f (butka), киоск m (kiosk)
• Malay: kiosk, kios (Indonesia)
• Maori: wharau, wharau hoko
• Norman: kiosque m
• Norwegian: kiosk m
• Pashto: کیوسک
• Persian: کیوسک (fa) (kiyusk), کوشک (fa) (kôšk)
• Polish: kiosk (pl) m
• Portuguese: quiosque (pt) m
• Romanian: chioșc (ro) n
• Russian: кио́ск (ru) m (kiósk), ларёк (ru) m (larjók), бу́дка (ru) f (búdka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: киоск m, трафика f

  Roman: kiosk (sh) m, trafika (sh) f

• Slovak: kiosk m
• Slovene: kiosk m
• Spanish: quiosco (es) m, kiosco (es) m
• Swedish: kiosk (sv)
• Tajik: кӯшк (tg) (küšk)
• Turkish: kiosk (tr)
• Ukrainian: кіо́ск (uk) m (kiósk)
• Uzbek: koʻshk (uz), kiosk
• Vietnamese: gian hàng, quán (vi)

unattended stand

• Catalan: taquilla automàtica f
• Czech: automat (cs) m
• Danish: automat c
• Finnish: automaatti (fi)
• Hungarian: automata (hu), kioszk (hu)
• Japanese: キオスク (kiosuku)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: automat m
• Polish: automat (pl) m
• Portuguese: quiosque interativo 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: павилион (bg) m (pavilion)
• Catalan: pavelló m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 涼亭／凉亭 (zh) (liángtíng), 凉亭 (zh) (liángtíng)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: κιόσκι (el) n (kióski)
• Hungarian: kioszk (hu)
• Persian: کوشک (fa) (kôšk)
• Russian: бесе́дка (ru) f (besédka)
• Turkish: köşk (tr)

• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ჯიხური (ǯixuri)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• Kosik, kokis

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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

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Danish

Etymology

From Turkish köşk.

Noun

kiosk c (singular definite kiosken, plural indefinite kiosker)

1. kiosk (tiny shop)

Inflection

Declension of kiosk

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

kiosk f (plural kiosken, diminutive kioskje n)

1. kiosk

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Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kiosk (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. kiosk

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Turkish köşk

Noun

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

1. a kiosk

References

• “kiosk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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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.

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Polish

Etymology

From French kiosque, from Turkish köşk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kjɔsk/

• Audio:

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Noun

kiosk m inan

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

Etymology

From French kiosque, from Turkish köşk

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kiosk c

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

Declension

Declension of kiosk
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kiosk	kiosken	kiosker	kioskerna
Genitive	kiosks	kioskens	kioskers	kioskernas