basium

Meaning

1. (declension-2) kiss, especially of the hand
2. (declension-2, poetic) kiss of the lips (esp. used this way in Catullus and Martial)

Concepts

kiss

😗

coss

a kiss

Synonyms

osculum

😗

suavium

😗

basiatio

😗

buča

skūpsts

philema

savium

Translations

baiser

😗

Kuss

😗

bacio

😗

beso

😗

kus

😗

zoen

😗

φιλί

beijo

😗

bes

bécot

maç

😗

bisou

😗

paç

bûse

Kuß

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈbaː.si.ũː]

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Celtic, from an expressive root such as Proto-Indo-European *bu-. Compare Middle Irish pusóc (“kiss”), English buss, German Buss (“kiss”), Polish buzia, buziak (“kiss”), Lithuanian bučiúoti (“to kiss”), Albanian buzë (“lip”), and Persian بوس (bus, “kiss”).