kiosk

ki·osk  (ksk, k-sk)

n.

1. A small open gazebo or pavilion.

2. A small structure, often open on one or more sides, used as a newsstand or booth.

3. A cylindrical structure on which advertisements are posted.

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[French kiosque, from Turkish kök, from Middle Persian gshak, corner, from Avestan *gaoshaka-, diminutive of gaosha-, ear.]

Word History: The lowly kiosk where newspapers are sold or advertisements are posted is like a child in a fairy tale raised by humble parents but descended from kings. The word kiosk was originally taken into English from Turkish, in which its source kök meant "pavilion." The open structures referred to by the Turkish word were used as summerhouses in Turkey and Persia. The first recorded use of kiosk in English (1625) refers to these Middle Eastern pavilions, which Europeans imitated in their own gardens and parks. In France and Belgium, where the Turkish word had also been borrowed, their word kiosque was applied to something lower on the scale, structures resembling these pavilions but used as places to sell newspapers or as bandstands. England borrowed this lowly structure from France and reborrowed the word, which is first recorded in 1865 with reference to a place where newspapers are sold.

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kiosk [ˈkiːɒsk]

n

1. a small sometimes movable booth from which cigarettes, newspapers, light refreshments, etc., are sold

2. Chiefly Brit a telephone box

3. Chiefly US a thick post on which advertisements are posted

4. (in Turkey, Iran, etc., esp formerly) a light open-sided pavilion

[from French kiosque bandstand, from Turkish kösk, from Persian kūshk pavilion]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

kiosk - small area set off by walls for special use booth, stall, cubicle closet - a small private room for study or prayer confessional - a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions polling booth - a temporary booth in a polling place which people enter to cast their votes prompt box, prompter's box - a booth projecting above the floor in the front of a stage where the prompter sits; opens toward the performers on stage shower bath, shower stall - booth for washing yourself, usually in a bathroom call box, phone booth, telephone booth, telephone box, telephone kiosk - booth for using a telephone tolbooth, tollbooth, tollhouse - a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls voting booth - a booth in which a person can cast a private vote

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kiosk

noun booth, stand, counter, stall, newsstand, bookstall I was getting cigarettes at the kiosk.

Translations

kiosk [ˈkiːɒsk] N → quiosco m
telephone kiosk (Brit) → cabina f telefónica

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kiosk [ˈkiːɒsk] n

(= small shop, café) → kiosque m

(British) (also telephone kiosk) → cabine f

(also newspaper kiosk) → kiosque m

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kiosk

n

→ Kiosk m, → Verkaufsstand m, → Bude f

(Brit Telec) → (Telefon)zelle f

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kiosk [ˈkiːɒsk] n (gen) → chiosco (Brit) (also telephone kiosk) → cabina telefonica (also newspaper kiosk) → edicola

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kiosk [ˈkiːɒsk] n (gen) → chiosco (Brit) (also telephone kiosk) → cabina telefonica (also newspaper kiosk) → edicola

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kiosk

n kiosk [ˈkiːosk]

1 a small roofed stall, either out of doors or in a public building etc, for the sale of newspapers, confectionery etc I bought a magazine at the kiosk at the station. kiosk, winkeltjie كُشْك будка stánek kiosk der Kiosk περίπτερο quiosco kiosk کیوسک kioski kiosque קְיוֹסק गुमटी kiosk pavilon kios blaðsöluturn chiosco キオスク 신문이나 음료 등을 파는 간이 건축물 kioskas kiosks gerai kiosk kiosk kiosk quiosque chioşc киоск stánok kiosk kiosk kiosk แผงขายหนังสือพิมพ์ gazete satılan kulübe; büfe 報亭，書報攤 кіоск کھوکھا، جہاں سے مختلف چیزیں ، ٹکٹیں وغیرہ فروخت کی جائیں quán 报亭，亭子

2 a public telephone box She phoned from the kiosk outside the post-office; a telephone-kiosk. hokkie كُشْك التّلفون العُمومي телефонна кабина telefonní budka telefonboks die Telefonzelle τηλεφωνικός θάλαμος cabina telefónica telefoniputka باجه تلفن puhelinkoppi cabine téléphonique תָּא טֶלֶפוֹן टेलीफोन बूथ kiosk telefonfülke gardu telepon símaklefi cabina telefonica 電話ボックス 공중 전화 박스 telefono būdelė telefona būdiņa pondok telefon telefooncel telefonkiosk/-boks budka telefoniczna cabina telefónica телефонная будка telefónna búdka (telefonska) govorilnica govornica telefonkiosk ตู้โทรศัพท์ telefon kulubesi 公用電話亭 телефонна будка عوام کے فون کرنے کے لۓ ایک کھوکھا buồng điện thoại công cộng 公用电话间

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kiosk → كشك kiosk kiosk Kiosk κιόσκι quiosco kioski kiosque kiosk chiosco キオスク 키오스크 kiosk kiosk kiosk quiosque киоск kiosk ร้านที่เป็นบู๊ทเล็กๆ büfe ki-ốt 亭子