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kisel

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkiːsəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • kēʹsəl
  • rhymes with -iːsəl

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from Belarusian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A dessert (sometimes consumed as a drink) made from fruit or berry juice and thickened with starch, common in Slavic and Baltic countries as well as Finland and Sweden.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Belarusian Кісель (Kisjelʹ) or Russian Кисель (Kiselʹ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kysělъ.

From Russian кисе́ль (kisélʹ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kyselь.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կիսել (kisel) — dessert
  • Azerbaijani: kisel — dessert
  • Belarusian: кісе́ль (kisjélʹ) — dessert
  • Bulgarian: кисе́л (kisél) — dessert
  • Chinese Mandarin: 果子凍 /果子冻 (guǒzidòng) — dessert
  • Chinese Mandarin: 基塞爾 /基塞尔 (jīsài'ěr) — dessert
  • Crimean Tatar: kisel — dessert
  • Czech: kysel — dessert
  • Erzya: куслят (kusľat) — dessert
  • Estonian: kissell — dessert
  • Finnish: kiisseli — dessert
  • French: kissel — dessert
  • Georgian: კისელი (ḳiseli) — dessert
  • German: Kissel — dessert
  • Hungarian: kiszel — dessert
  • Ingrian: kiisseli — dessert
  • Japanese: キセリ (kiseri) — dessert
  • Kazakh: кисель (kisel) — dessert
  • Korean: 키셀 (kisel) — dessert
  • Kyrgyz: кисель (kisel) — dessert
  • Latvian: ķīselis — dessert
  • Lithuanian: kisielius — dessert
  • Mongolian: кисель (kiselʹ) — dessert
  • Polish: kisiel — dessert
  • Romanian: kissel — dessert
  • Russian: кисе́ль (kisélʹ) — dessert
  • Slovak: ovocný rôsol — dessert
  • Slovak: jahodový rôsol — dessert
  • Slovak: kyseľ — dessert
  • Swedish: fruktkräm — dessert
  • Swedish: kräm — dessert
  • Udmurt: кисаль (kisaľ) — dessert
  • Ukrainian: кисі́ль (kysílʹ) — dessert
  • Uzbek: kiselʼ — dessert
  • Uzbek: kisel — dessert
  • Yakut: кисиэл (kisiel) — dessert