kiosk

ki·osk

K0073000 (kē′ŏsk′, kē-ŏsk′)n.1. A small structure, usually open in front, used as a newsstand or a place for selling goods or conducting transactions, as at a bank.2. A small structure housing an electronic terminal for public use, as for purchasing tickets or accessing information.3. A usually cylindrical structure on which advertisements are posted.4. Archaic A small open gazebo or pavilion.

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[Ultimately (partly via French kiosque Italian chiosco, with French ki- and Italian chi- representing Turkish palatalized k-) from Turkish köşk, gazebo, pavilion, from Persian kōšk, palace, from Middle Persian, of unknown origin.]Word History: Kiosk comes from the Turkish word köşk, which originally referred to a kind of open pavilion or summerhouse in Turkey and Persia, often built on a hexagonal or many-sided base. The upper classes of the Ottoman Empire would enjoy entertainments and view their gardens in the comfort of such buildings. When the word first began to appear in English, kiosk referred to these Middle Eastern pavilions, which Europeans imitated in their own gardens and parks. In France and Belgium, the word kiosque was applied to something lower on the scale, structures resembling these pavilions but used as places to sell newspapers or as bandstands. When such lowly structures began to be built in England for these purposes, the word kiosk was reborrowed from French in the middle of the 1800s with the meaning "a place where newspapers are sold."

kiosk

(ˈkiːɒsk) n1. a small sometimes movable booth from which cigarettes, newspapers, light refreshments, etc, are sold2. chiefly Brit a telephone box3. chiefly US a thick post on which advertisements are posted4. (in Turkey, Iran, etc, esp formerly) a light open-sided pavilion[C17: from French kiosque bandstand, from Turkish kösk, from Persian kūshk pavilion]

ki•osk

(ˈki ɒsk, kiˈɒsk)

n. 1. a small building or structure open on one or more sides, used as a newsstand, refreshment stand, etc. 2. a thick, columnlike structure on which notices and advertisements are posted. 3. an interactive computer terminal available for public use, as one with Internet access or site-specific information: Students use kiosks to look up campus events. 4. an open pavilion or summerhouse common in Turkey and Iran. 5. Brit. a telephone booth. [1615–25; < French kiosque stand in a public park « Turkish köşk villa < Persian kūshk palace, villa]

kiosk

1. A small pavilion or summer-house.2. A small shop building on the street or inside a bigger building.

Thesaurus

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kiosk - small area set off by walls for special usebooth, stall, cubiclecloset - a small private room for study or prayerconfessional - a booth where a priest sits to hear confessionspolling booth - a temporary booth in a polling place which people enter to cast their votesprompt 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 stageshower bath, shower stall - booth for washing yourself, usually in a bathroomcall box, phone booth, telephone booth, telephone box, telephone kiosk - booth for using a telephonetolbooth, tollbooth, tollhouse - a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tollsvoting booth - a booth in which a person can cast a private vote

kiosk

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

Translations

亭子公用电话间报亭

kiosk

(ˈkiːosk) noun1. 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. 報亭，書報攤 报亭，亭子 2. a public telephone box. She phoned from the kiosk outside the post-office; a telephone-kiosk. 公用電話亭 公用电话间

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