Masculine

kiosque

  1. (masculine) kiosk (enclosed structure)
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, masculine) ellipsis of kiosque à musique (“bandstand”); bandstand
  3. (masculine) a sail of a submarine

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kjɔsk/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Italian chiosco, from Ottoman Turkish كوشك (köşk), from Persian کوشک (kôšk, “palace, portico”), from Middle Persian kwšk' (kōšk).

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