Kis in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Kis

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

• 3 letters words from 'kis'
• 2 letters words from 'kis'

3 letters words from 'kis'

KIS 7	SIK 7
SKI 7

2 letters words from 'kis'

IS 2	KI 6
SI 2

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

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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

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Danish

Noun

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

1. sulfide mineral

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Finnish

Etymology

See kissa.

Interjection

kis

1. used to attract a cat, often repeated

Anagrams

• -ksi

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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

Kis can only stand before a noun but never on its own. If it were to stand on its own (as a predicate, or a short reference to a noun phrase with this quality), kicsi must be used instead. (Note that the same syntactic difference exists between két and kettő in Hungarian, both of which mean 'two'.) Their distribution is comparable to that of "sick" and "ill" in English: "they are ill" (cf. kettő, kicsi, when used on their own) vs. "sick people" (cf. két, kis, i.e. used before a noun).

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Livonian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish ken.

Pronoun

kis

1. who

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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).

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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.

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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

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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

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English kiss.

Noun

kis

1. kiss

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Volapük

Pronoun

kis

1. what? (nominative, interrogative)

Source: wiktionary.org

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

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