Dictionary

kiosk en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkiːˌɒsk/ (UK)
• /ˈkiˌɑsk/ (US)
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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).

Meanings

1. A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.
   • I remember that one time I went to the kiosk next door to buy condoms, it was raining, she appeared. 2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 143:
2. A similar but unattended stand for the automatic dispensing of tickets, etc; an e-kiosk.
   • 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. 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:
3. A public telephone booth.
   • "'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—" 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
4. A Turkish garden pavilion.

Forms

Deriveds

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

Descendants

ciosg · 키오스크 · キオスク

Translations (140)

fa-ira کِیوسْک (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · eo kiosko (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · eo aŭtomato (unattended stand) · hy կրպակ (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · gu કિઓસ્ક (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · sv automat (unattended stand) · es estanquillo (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · pl automat (unattended stand) · sq qoshk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · it chiosco (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · es quiosco (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · cmn 亭子 (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · mk киоск (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ko 가판대 (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · mk бутка (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · hi खोखा (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · eo kiosko (Turkish garden pavillion) · ru автома́т (unattended stand) · cmn 亭 (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · lt kioskas (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · he קִיּוֹסְק (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ru кио́ск (unattended stand) · gu લતાગૃહ (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · fa-ira دَکِّه (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · nl kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ota كوشك (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · is sjoppa (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ro chioșc (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ru кио́ск (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · pt quiosque interativo (unattended stand) · ur کھوکھا (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · cmn 便亭 (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · fo kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · uz kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ru бесе́дка (Turkish garden pavillion) · mi wharau hoko (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · et kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · gl quiosco (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · pt banca (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · hy տաղավար (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · cmn 小賣店 /小卖店 (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · nrf kiosque (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · hu automata (unattended stand) · hy բուդկա (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ko 매점 (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · crh kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · hi गुमटी (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · es quiosco (unattended stand) · kk киоск (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · nb kiosk (Turkish garden pavillion) · ur گُمْٹی (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · izh balagana (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · tk köşk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · mi wharau (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · mr स्टॉल (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · cy ciosg (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ca taquilla automàtica (unattended stand) · is skáli (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ja キオスク (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ary صاكة (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · az köşk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · nb kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · nb automat (unattended stand) · ko 판매점 (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ar كُشْك (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · cmn 售貨亭 /售货亭 (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · sh tràfika (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · sk kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ca quiosc (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · eo pavilono (Turkish garden pavillion) · hu kioszk (unattended stand) · de Kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · da automat (unattended stand) · fi automaatti (unattended stand) · cmn 涼亭 /凉亭 (Turkish garden pavillion) · el κιόσκι (Turkish garden pavillion) · eo budo (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · sq kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · bg павилио́н (Turkish garden pavillion) · tr köşk (Turkish garden pavillion) · ja 売店 (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · mk трафика (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · hu kioszk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · mr गाळा (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · tk kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · nb hagepaviljong (Turkish garden pavillion) · pt quiosque (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ky күркө (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · cmn 商亭 (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · sh kìosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ky киоск (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · be кіёск (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · uz koʻshk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · hu kioszk (Turkish garden pavillion) · ms kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · vi ki-ốt (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · fa-ira کوشْک (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · uk кіо́ск (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · hy բիսեդկա (Turkish garden pavillion) · es kiosco (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · lv kiosks (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · pt totem (unattended stand) · ota كوشك (Turkish garden pavillion) · bg бу́дка (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · eo aŭtomata kiosko (unattended stand) · ps کیوسک (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · tg дӯконча (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · sv kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · fa کوشک (Turkish garden pavillion) · fi kioski (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · acw كُشْك (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · is söluskáli (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · el περίπτερο (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · is söluturn (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · vi gian hàng (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · fr kiosque (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · cs automat (unattended stand) · cmn 攤亭 /摊亭 (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · tr kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · sh тра̀фика (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · xal кивд (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · cs stánek (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · sl kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ka კიოსკი (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · km តៀម (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · tg кӯшк (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · de Büdchen (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · pl kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · az kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · cs kiosek (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ca pavelló (Turkish garden pavillion) · vi quán (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ru бу́дка (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · kk дүңгіршек (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ru ларёк (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · sh кѝоск (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ja キオスク (unattended stand) · ms kios (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold) · ko 키오스크 (unattended stand) · da kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold)