kiosk

• kiosque (archaic)

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

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

• Audio (US):

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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 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.
6. A Turkish garden pavilion.

• kiosk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Kosik, kokis

kiosk

1. kiosk

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

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

kiosk c (singular definite kiosken, plural indefinite kiosker)

1. kiosk
2. convenience store, corner shop

• “kiosk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed from French kiosque, from Italian chiosco, from Ottoman Turkish كوشك (köşk), from Persian کوشک (kôšk, “palace, portico”), from Middle Persian kwšk' (kōšk).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /kiˈɔsk/

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• Hyphenation: ki‧osk

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

• bloemenkiosk
• kioskhouder
• krantenkiosk

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

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kiosk (genitive kioski, partitive kioskit)

1. kiosk

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• “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

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”).

• IPA^(key): /çɔsk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔsk
• Hyphenation: kiosk

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

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

From Turkish köşk.

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

1. a kiosk

• “kiosk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjɔsk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔsk
• Syllabification: kiosk

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

• kiosk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kiosk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From French kiosque, from Turkish köşk.

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

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

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

• kiosk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kiosk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)