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newsstand

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.

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noun

Meaning 1

An open stall, often on a street, where newspapers and magazines are on sale to the public.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a stall where newspapers and other periodicals are sold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stall, stand, sales booth

History

Etymology

From news + stand.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كُشْك صُحُف (kušk ṣuḥuf) — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Bulgarian: вестника́рска бу́дка (vestnikárska búdka) — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Chinese Mandarin: 報攤 /报摊 (bàotān) — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Czech: novinový stánek — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Danish: aviskiosk — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Danish: bladkiosk — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Dutch: krantenkiosk — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Estonian: ajalehekiosk — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Finnish: lehtikioski — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Finnish: lehtikoju — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • French: kiosque — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • French: kiosque à journaux — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • German: Zeitungsstand — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • German: Zeitungskiosk — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Greek: περίπτερο (períptero) — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Icelandic: blaðsölustaður — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Italian: edicola — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Japanese: 新聞売店 (shinbun baiten) — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Korean: 신문 가판대 (sinmun gapandae) — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Korean: 신문 판매대 (sinmun panmaedae) — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Norwegian Bokmål: aviskiosk — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Pannonian Rusyn: новинкарня (novinkarnja) — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Polish: stoisko z gazetami — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Polish: kiosk z gazetami — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Portuguese: banca — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Romanian: chioșc de ziare — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Russian: газе́тный кио́ск (gazétnyj kiósk) — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Spanish: kiosco — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Spanish: quiosco — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Swedish: tidningskiosk — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale
  • Ukrainian: газе́тний кіо́ск (hazétnyj kiósk) — open stall where newspapers and magazines are on sale