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Is kis a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word kis is a Scrabble US word. The word kis is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

K5I1S1

Is kis a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word kis is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

K5I1S1

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You can make 6 words from 'kis' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

3 letters words from 'kis'

KIS 7SIK 7
SKI 7 

2 letters words from 'kis'

IS 2KI 6
SI 2 

All 3 letters words made out of kis

kis iks ksi ski isk sik

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Definitions and meaning of kis

kis

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kist, from Middle Dutch kiste, from Proto-West Germanic *kistu, from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē), from Proto-Indo-European *kisteh₂.

Noun

kis (plural kiste, diminutive kissie)

  1. chest, box

Dalmatian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kis

  1. cheese

References

  • Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

Danish

Noun

kis c (singular definite kisen, not used in plural form)

  1. sulfide mineral

Finnish

Etymology

See kissa.

Interjection

kis

  1. used to attract a cat, often repeated

Anagrams

  • -ksi

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Turkic language, compare to Turkish küçük and Turkmen kiçi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkiʃ]
  • Rhymes: -iʃ

Adjective

kis (comparative kisebb, superlative legkisebb)

  1. small, little
    Synonyms: kicsi, -ka, -ke, -cska, -cske, -ikó (the meaning of ’little’ is often expressed with diminutive suffixes in Hungarian)

Derived terms

  • kissé

Usage notes

The numeral két (“two”) and the adjective kis (“small, little”) can only stand adjectively, before a noun (e.g. két alma (“two apples”) and kis alma (“a small apple”)). If they were to occur on their own (possibly also inflected), predicatively, or in reference to a whole noun phrase, the terms kettő (“two”) and kicsi (“small”) must be used instead: Csak kettő van (“There are only two”), Csak kicsi van (“There is a small one only.”) The same applies to compound numerals like tizenkét and tizenkettő (“twelve”). In terms of distribution, két and kis are like English sick (sick people ~ két/kis alma) while kettő and kicsi resemble ill (they are ill ~ csak kettő/kicsi van). The longer forms are definitely broader in use as they may also occur adjectively, whether for emphasis or as a form of colloquialism. As a rule of thumb, the short variants (két, kis) never stand on their own.

Further reading

  • kis in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Kashubian

Etymology 1

From German Kies.

Noun

kis

  1. gravel

Livonian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish ken.

Pronoun

kis

  1. who

Declension

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

kis

  1. Alternative form of cos

Etymology 2

Verb

kis

  1. Alternative form of kissen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Swedish kis (sense 1), and German Kies (sense 2)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiːs/, IPA(key): /çiːs/ for the second meaning.
  • Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kiser, definite plural kisene)

  1. (slang) guy, dude
  2. (mineralogy) pyrite

Derived terms

  • svovelkis

References

  • “kis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “kis_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
  • “kis_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Swedish kis (sense 1), and German Kies (sense 2)

Noun

kis m (definite singular kisen, indefinite plural kisar, definite plural kisane)

  1. (slang) guy, dude
  2. (mineralogy) pyrite

Derived terms

  • svovelkis

References

  • “kis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Slovene

Etymology

Back-formation of kísel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kíːs/

Noun

kȋs m inan

  1. vinegar

Inflection

Synonyms

  • ócet (archaic)

Further reading

  • “kis”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kis/

Noun

kis c

  1. a boy
    en tuff kis
    a tough boy
Declension
Synonyms
  • pojke

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kies.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /çis/

Noun

kis c

  1. pyrite, fool's gold
Declension
Synonyms
  • svavelkis
  • pyrit
  • kattguld
Descendants
  • → Finnish: kiisu

References

  • kis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

  • -isk, sik

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English kiss.

Noun

kis

  1. kiss

Volapük

Pronoun

kis

  1. what? (nominative, interrogative)

Source: wiktionary.org
  • KI, (Japanese) the spirit of Japanese martial art.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)