noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈkiːˌɒsk/
US:/ˈkiˌɑsk/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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2
noun
Meaning 2
A similar but unattended stand for the automatic dispensing of tickets, etc; an e-kiosk.
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A public telephone booth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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4
noun
Meaning 4
A Turkish garden pavilion.
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5
noun
Meaning 5
small area set off by walls for special use
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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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).
Across languages
Translations
138 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
kiosk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Albanian:
qoshk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Arabic:
كُشْك
(kušk)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Arabic:
كُشْك
(kušk)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Arabic:
صاكة
(ṣāka)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Armenian:
կրպակ
(krpak)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Armenian:
տաղավար
(taġavar)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Armenian:
բուդկա
(budka)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Azerbaijani:
köşk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Azerbaijani:
kiosk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Belarusian:
кіёск
(kijósk)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Bulgarian:
бу́дка
(búdka)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Catalan:
quiosc
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Chinese Mandarin:
商亭
(shāngtíng)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Chinese Mandarin:
亭
(tíng)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Chinese Mandarin:
亭子
(tíngzi)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Chinese Mandarin:
便亭
(biàntíng)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Chinese Mandarin:
售貨亭 /售货亭
(shòuhuòtíng)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Chinese Mandarin:
攤亭 /摊亭
(tāntíng)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Chinese Mandarin:
小賣店 /小卖店
(xiǎomàidiàn)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Crimean Tatar:
kiosk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Czech:
stánek
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Czech:
kiosek
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Danish:
kiosk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Dutch:
kiosk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Esperanto:
budo
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Esperanto:
kiosko
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Estonian:
kiosk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Faroese:
kiosk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Finnish:
kioski
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
French:
kiosque
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Galician:
quiosco
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Georgian:
კიოსკი
(ḳiosḳi)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
German:
Kiosk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
German:
Büdchen
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Greek:
περίπτερο
(períptero)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Gujarati:
કિઓસ્ક
(kiosk)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Gujarati:
લતાગૃહ
(latāgŕh)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Hebrew:
קִיּוֹסְק
(kiósk)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Hindi:
गुमटी
(gumṭī)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Hindi:
खोखा
(khokhā)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Hungarian:
kioszk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Icelandic:
skáli
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Icelandic:
söluskáli
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Icelandic:
söluturn
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Icelandic:
sjoppa
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Ingrian:
balagana
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Italian:
chiosco
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Japanese:
キオスク
(kiosuku)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Japanese:
売店
(baiten)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Kalmyk:
кивд
(kivd)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Kazakh:
дүңгіршек
(düñgırşek)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Kazakh:
киоск
(kiosk)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Khmer:
តៀម
(tiəm)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Korean:
매점
(maejeom)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Korean:
가판대
(gapandae)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Korean:
판매점
(panmaejeom)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Kyrgyz:
күркө
(kürkö)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Kyrgyz:
киоск
(kiosk)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Latvian:
kiosks
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Lithuanian:
kioskas
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Macedonian:
трафика
(trafika)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Macedonian:
бутка
(butka)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Macedonian:
киоск
(kiosk)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Malay:
kiosk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Malay:
kios
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Māori:
wharau
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Māori:
wharau hoko
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Norman:
kiosque
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Norwegian Bokmål:
kiosk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Pashto:
کیوسک
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Iranian Persian:
کِیوسْک
(kiyusk)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Iranian Persian:
کوشْک
(kušk)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Iranian Persian:
دَکِّه
(dakke)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Polish:
kiosk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Portuguese:
quiosque
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Portuguese:
banca
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Romanian:
chioșc
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Russian:
кио́ск
(kiósk)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Russian:
ларёк
(larjók)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Russian:
бу́дка
(búdka)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Serbo-Croatian:
кѝоск
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Serbo-Croatian:
тра̀фика
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Serbo-Croatian:
kìosk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Serbo-Croatian:
tràfika
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Slovak:
kiosk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Slovene:
kiosk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Spanish:
quiosco
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Spanish:
kiosco
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Spanish:
estanquillo
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Swedish:
kiosk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Tajik:
кӯшк
(küšk)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Tajik:
дӯконча
(dükonča)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Turkish:
kiosk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Ottoman Turkish:
كوشك
(köşk)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Turkmen:
köşk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Turkmen:
kiosk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Ukrainian:
кіо́ск
(kiósk)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Urdu:
گُمْٹی
(gumṭī)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Urdu:
کھوکھا
(khokhā)
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Uzbek:
koʻshk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Uzbek:
kiosk
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Vietnamese:
gian hàng
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Vietnamese:
quán
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Vietnamese:
ki-ốt
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Welsh:
ciosg
— enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold
Catalan:
taquilla automàtica
— unattended stand
Czech:
automat
— unattended stand
Danish:
automat
— unattended stand
Esperanto:
aŭtomato
— unattended stand
Esperanto:
aŭtomata kiosko
— unattended stand
Finnish:
automaatti
— unattended stand
Hungarian:
automata
— unattended stand
Hungarian:
kioszk
— unattended stand
Japanese:
キオスク
(kiosuku)
— unattended stand
Korean:
키오스크
(kioseukeu)
— unattended stand
Norwegian Bokmål:
automat
— unattended stand
Polish:
automat
— unattended stand
Portuguese:
quiosque interativo
— unattended stand