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K5I1S1

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3-letter words (3 found)

KIS,SIK,SKI,

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IS,KI,SI,

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Definitions and meaning of kis

kis

English

Noun

kis

  1. plural of ki

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

kis (plural kiste, diminutive kissie)

  1. chest, box

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

  • chis

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 (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: 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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkis/, [ˈk̟is̠]
  • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification(key): kis
  • Hyphenation(key): kis

Interjection

kis

  1. used to attract a cat, often repeated

Further reading

  • “kis”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

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)

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.

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *ke-, from Proto-Uralic *ke.

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 1

Borrowed from Swedish kis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiːs/
  • Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

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

  1. (slang) guy, dude

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kies.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /çiːs/
  • Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

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

  1. (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 1

Borrowed from Swedish kis.

Noun

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

  1. (slang) guy, dude

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kies.

Noun

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

  1. (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

Declension

Synonyms

  • ócet (archaic)

Further reading

  • “kis”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

Etymology 1

Unknown origin. Entered broader Swedish via Younger Månsing cant. First attested in 1910.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiːs/

Noun

kis c

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kies, compare Swedish kisel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕiːs/

Noun

kis c

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

References

  • kis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • kis in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Anagrams

  • -isk, sik

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English kiss.

Noun

kis

  1. kiss

Volapük

Pronoun

kis

  1. what? (nominative, interrogative)

Source: wiktionary.org