kiss

See also: KISS, and Kiss

English

A kiss

Pronunciation

• enPR: kĭs, IPA^(key): /kɪs/, [kʰɪs]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪs

Etymology 1

From Middle English kissen, kussen, from Old English cyssan (“to kiss”), from Proto-West Germanic *kussijan, from Proto-Germanic *kussijaną (“to kiss”).

Cognates include Saterland Frisian küsje, Dutch kussen, German Low German küssen, German küssen, Danish kysse, Swedish kyssa, Norwegian kysse, Icelandic kyssa. Compare Proto-Indo-European *ku-, *kus- (probably imitative), with byspels including Ancient Greek κύσσω (kússō), poetic form of κύσω (kúsō, “to kiss”), and Hittite [script needed] (kuwassanzi, “they kiss”).

Verb

kiss (third-person singular simple present kisses, present participle kissing, simple past and past participle kissed)

1. (transitive) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to show love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.
   • c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     He […] kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack, / That at the parting all the church echoed.

   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

     I'll kiss thy foot. I'll swear myself thy subject.

   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

     But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.

   • 2008 April 28, Katy Perry, Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Cathy Dennis, “I Kissed a Girl”, in One of the Boys‎^[1], performed by Katy Perry:

     I kissed a girl and I liked it / The taste of her cherry chapstick / I kissed a girl just to try it / I hope my boyfriend don't mind it

2. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.

   The nearside of the car just kissed a parked truck as he took the corner at high speed. 

   His ball kissed the black into the corner pocket.

   • c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vi]:

     Like fire and powder, / Which as they kiss consume.

   • 1867–1870 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, Arthur Sullivan, composer, “No. II. At the Window.”, in The Window: Or, The Songs of the Wrens […], London: Strahan & Co., […], published 1871, →OCLC:

     Rose, rose and clematis, / Trail and twine and clasp and kiss, / Kiss, kiss; and make her a bower / All of flowers, and drop me a flower, / Drop me a flower.

   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     Night hath fled away into the valleys. The dawn kisseth the mountain tops.

3. (reciprocal) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
   • 1990, Norell Oson Bard (lyrics and music), “Kissing in the Moonlight”‎^[2]performed by The Boppers:

     We're kissing in the moonlight / Love was shining so bright and true

4. (transitive, archaic) To treat with fondness.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:kiss

Derived terms

• bekiss
• catch and kiss
• devil is kissing his wife
• do you kiss your mother with that mouth
• I'd like to kiss you
• Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me
• kissable
• kiss and cry
• kiss and make up
• kiss and ride
• kiss and tell
• kiss arse
• kiss chasey
• kisser
• kiss goodbye
• kiss-her-in-the-buttery
• kissing
• kissle
• kiss me
• kiss-me-at-the-gate
• kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate
• kiss-me-quick
• kiss my ass/kiss my arse
• kiss my balls
• kiss 'n' ride
• kiss one's ass goodbye
• kiss one's teeth
• kiss out
• kissper
• kiss someone's arse
• kiss someone's ass
• kiss someone's hem
• kiss someone's ring
• kiss the book
• kiss the dust
• kiss the ground someone walks on
• kiss the gunner's daughter
• kiss the hem of someone's garment
• kiss the rod
• kiss up
• kiss up to
• kissy
• kiss your sister
• simple as kiss your hand
• you kiss your father with that mouth
• you kiss your girlfriend with that mouth
• you kiss your grandfather with that mouth
• you kiss your grandmother with that mouth
• you kiss your mother with that mouth

 

Translations

to touch with the lips

• Abaza: ашӏагвдзра́ (ačʼagʷdzrá)
• Abkhaz: агәӡра (agʷdzra), агәыдкылара (agʷədkʼəlara)
• Afrikaans: soen (af)
• Ahom: 𑜏𑜤𑜆𑜫 (sup)
• Albanian: puth (sq)
• Alemannic German: verschmutza (Alsatian)
• Amharic: ሳመ (samä), መሳም (mäsam)
• Arabic: قَبَّلَ (ar) (qabbala), بَاسَ (bāsa) (colloquial), لَثَمَ (laṯama)

  Egyptian Arabic: باس (bās)

  Gulf Arabic: باس (bās)

  Hijazi Arabic: باس (bās)

  Moroccan Arabic: باس (bās)

• Aragonese: besar
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܢܽܘܫܩܬܳܐ, ܢܽܘܫܰܩܬܳܐ

• Arapaho: niitén-
• Archi: пӏаъбос (pʼaʔbos), баъ-бос (baʔ-bos)
• Armenian: համբուրել (hy) (hamburel), պաչել (hy) (pačʻel) (colloquial)
• Aromanian: bash, bashu
• Asturian: besar
• Avar: баизе (baize)
• Aymara: jamp'atiña
• Azerbaijani: öpmək (az)
• Bashkir: үбеү (übew)
• Basque: musu eman
• Belarusian: цалава́ць impf (calavácʹ), пацалава́ць pf (pacalavácʹ)
• Bengali: চুম্বন করা (bn) (cumbon kora), বুসা (buśa)
• Bikol Central: hadok (bcl)
• Bislama: kis, kisim, kiskisim
• Breton: pokat (br), bouchañ (br)
• Bulgarian: целу́вам (bg) impf (celúvam), целу́на pf (celúna)
• Burmese: နမ်း (my) (nam:)
• Buryat: таалаха (taalaxa)
• Catalan: besar (ca), petonejar (ca), fer un petó
• Cebuano: halokan, halok
• Ch'orti': tzuhtzi uti'
• Chamorro: chiku
• Chechen: берташ да̄ха (bertaš daaxa)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏔᏪᏙᏍᎦ (atawedosga)
• Cheyenne: -mȧsém, -mȯsém, -mȯsém, -vȯsémohtá, -vȯsémȯsáne (to kiss people)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 接吻 (zip³ man⁵), 嘴 (zeoi²), 嘴嘴 (zeoi² zeoi²), 錫／锡 (sek³), 惜 (sek³)

  Dungan: щинтын (xintɨn)

  Hokkien: 吻 (mńg / bún), 唚／吣 (zh-min-nan) (chim)

  Mandarin: 吻 (zh) (wěn), 親／亲 (zh) (qīn), 親吻／亲吻 (zh) (qīnwěn), 接吻 (zh) (jiēwěn), 親嘴／亲嘴 (zh) (qīnzuǐ) (colloquial)

• Choctaw: impuⁿsa
• Chukchi: йыӈок (jyṇok)
• Chuvash: чупту (čuptu)
• Coptic:

  ⲫⲓ (phi) (Bohairic)

  ⲡⲉ (pe) (Fayyumic)

  ⲡⲓ (pi) (Sahidic, Akhmimic, Fayyumic)

  ⲡⲓⲉⲓ (piei) (Akhmimic)

  ⲡⲉⲓ (pei), ⲡⲏ (pē) (Sahidic)

• Cornish: amma, abma (kw)
• Corsican: basgià (co)
• Crimean Tatar: öpmek
• Czech: líbat (cs) impf, políbit (cs) pf, dát pusu pf
• Dalmatian: bissuor
• Danish: kysse (da)
• Dutch: kussen (nl), zoenen (nl)
• Dzongkha: འུ ('u)
• Egyptian: (sn)
• Emilian: basèr (Bolognese)
• Erzya: паламс (palams), палсемс (palśems)
• Esperanto: kisi (eo)
• Estonian: suudlus (et), suudlema
• Evenki: нюка̄ндя-мӣ (ņukānʒa-mī)
• Faroese: mussa, kyssa
• Finnish: suudella (fi), suukottaa, pussata (fi)
• French: embrasser (fr), baiser (fr)
• Friulian: bussâ, bušâ
• Gagauz: öpmää
• Galician: bicar (gl), beixar (gl)
• Gallurese: basgià
• Gamilaraay: yabili
• Georgian: კოცნა (ḳocna), ამბორი (ambori)
• German: küssen (de), knutschen (de)
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kukjan)
• Greek: φιλώ (el) (filó), ασπάζομαι (el) (aspázomai), δίνω φιλί (díno filí)

  Ancient: καταφιλέω (kataphiléō), φιλέω (philéō), κυνέω (kunéō)

• Greenlandic: kunippaa, kunissivoq
• Guaraní: hetũ
• Hebrew: נישק \ נִשֵּׁק (nishék), נתן נשיקה (natán n'shiká)
• Higaonon: hadok
• Hiligaynon: halukan, halok
• Hindi: चूमना (hi) (cūmnā), चुम्बन करना (cumban karnā)
• Hungarian: puszil (hu), csókol (hu)
• Hunsrik: kisse
• Icelandic: kyssa (is)
• Ido: kisar (io)
• Ilocano: ungngo
• Indonesian: cium (id), mengecup (id), sun (id)
• Ingrian: antaa suuta
• Interlingua: basiar
• Irish: póg (ga) f
• Italian: baciare (it)
• Ivatan: mangarek
• Japanese: キスする (ja) (kisu suru), 口付けする (ja) (くちづけする, kuchizuke suru), 接吻する (ja) (せっぷんする, seppun suru), チューする (chū suru)
• Jarai: čŭm
• Javanese: sun (jv)
• Kapampangan: uma, uman
• Karelian: nopata, ukata, šuuda mučottua
• Kaurna: taapaanthi
• Kazakh: сүю (süü), өбу (öbu)
• Khakas: охсанарға (oxsanarğa)
• Khmer: ថើប (km) (thaəp)
• Khün: ᨧ᩠ᨷᩪ
• Korean: 입맞추다 (immatchuda), 키스하다 (ko) (kiseuhada), 뽀뽀하다 (ko) (ppoppohada), 뽀뽀를 하다 (ppopporeul hada)
• Kuna: wagar ue
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ماچ کردن (maç kirdin)

  Northern Kurdish: maç kirin, ramûsandin (ku)

• Kyrgyz: өбүү (ky) (öbüü), өөп коюу (ky) (ööp koyuu)
• Ladino: bezar
• Lao: ຈູບ (chūp), ຫອຍຈູບ, ຈຸມພິດ (chum phit)
• Latgalian: sumynuot, bučuot
• Latin: basiō, ōsculor, suavior, sāvior
• Latvian: skūpstīt, bučot (lv)
• Ligurian: baijà (Monégasque)
• Limburgish: pune
• Lithuanian: bučiuoti
• Lombard: basà (lmo)
• Luxembourgish: kussen (lb), këssen (lb), eng Bees ginn
• Macedonian: бакнува impf (baknuva), бакне pf (bakne), бацува impf (bacuva), баци pf (baci), целива impf (celiva)
• Malay: mencium
• Malayalam: ചുംബിയ്ക്കുക (cumbiykkuka), ഉമ്മ വക്കുക (umma vakkuka)
• Maltese: bies
• Manchu: ᠣᠵᠣᠮᠪᡳ (ojombi)
• Manx: cur paag da, cur smittag da
• Marathi: चुंबन n (cumban) (formal), पापा m (pāpā), पापी f (pāpī) (colloquial)
• Mazanderani: خش, خش هداهن
• Middle English: kissen
• Mingrelian: ჯუნა (ǯuna)
• Mirandese: beisar
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: үнсэх (mn) (ünsex), озох (mn) (ozox)

• Navajo: yiyiitsʼǫs
• Neapolitan: vasà
• Nepali: म्वाइँ खानु (mwāĩ khānu)
• Ngazidja Comorian: uɓusu
• Norman: embraichi, baîsi
• North Frisian: taatji (Sylt)
• Northern Sami: cumˈmát
• Northern Thai: ᨧ᩠ᨷᩪ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kysse (no)

• Occitan: baisar, potonar (oc)
• Ojibwe: ojiim
• Old Czech: cělovati impf
• Old English: cyssan
• Old Frisian: kessa
• Old High German: kussen
• Old Norse: kyssa
• Old Saxon: kussian
• Oromo: dhungachuu
• Ottoman Turkish: اوپمك (öpmek)
• Pashto: چومل (ps) (čumǝ́l), مچول (mačawᶕl)
• Persian: بوسیدن (fa) (busidan), ماچ کردن (mâč kardan)
• Piedmontese: basé
• Polish: całować (pl) impf, pocałować (pl) pf
• Portuguese: beijar (pt)
• Quechua: much'ay, mucai, muzai
• Romanian: săruta (ro), pupa (ro)
• Romansch: bitschar, bitschear, bitschier, bütschar, bütscher
• Russian: целова́ть (ru) impf (celovátʹ), поцелова́ть (ru) pf (pocelovátʹ), целова́ться (ru) impf (celovátʹsja) (of two people, each other)
• Sanskrit: चुम्ब् (sa) (cumb)
• Sardinian: basai, vasare

  Campidanese: basare

  Logudorese: basu m, basare

  Sassarese: bajà

• Scottish Gaelic: pòg f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: љу́бити impf, пољу́бити pf, цели́вати impf, цјели́вати impf, поцеливати pf, поцјеливати pf

  Roman: ljúbiti (sh) impf, poljúbiti (sh) pf, celívati (sh) impf, cjelívati (sh) impf, pocelivati pf, pocjelivati pf

• Sicilian: vasari (scn), baciari
• Sinhalese: හාදුව (hāduwa)
• Slovak: bozkať impf, pobozkať pf
• Slovene: ljubiti (sl) impf, poljubljati impf, poljubiti (sl) pf, kušniti pf
• Somali: dhunkasho
• Sorbian:

  Lower: póškaś impf, wupóškaś pf, póšknuś pf

  Upper: košić impf, wokošić pf

• Southern Altai: окшоор (okšoor), јытаар (ǰïtaar), ӧбӧр (öbör)
• Southern Sami: tjuvliestidh, tjånnahtidh
• Spanish: besar (es)

  Old Spanish: besar

• Swahili: -busu (sw), -nonea
• Swedish: kyssa (sv) (passionately), pussa (sv) (lightly)
• Tagalog: halikan, hahagkan
• Tajik: бӯса кардан (büsa kardan), бӯса гирифтан (büsa giriftan), бӯсидан (tg) (büsidan), бӯсса кардан (büssa kardan)
• Tamil: முத்தம் (ta) (muttam)
• Tatar: үбәргә (übärgä)
• Telugu: ముద్దాడు (te) (muddāḍu), చుంబించు (te) (cumbiñcu)
• Thai: จูบ (th) (jùup)
• Tibetan: འོ་བྱེད ('o byed), ཁ་བསྐྱལ (kha bskyal), ཨོའོ་བསྐྱལ (o'o bskyal), འོ་བྱས ('o byas)
• Tupinambá: îurupyter
• Turkish: öpmek (tr)
• Turkmen: öpmek
• Tuvan: ошкаар (oşkaar), чыттаар (çıttaar)
• Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎌𐎖 (nšq)
• Ukrainian: цілува́ти (uk) impf (ciluváty), поцілува́ти pf (pociluváty)
• Urdu: چومنا (cūmnā), چمبان کرنا (cumban karnā)
• Uyghur: ئۆپمەك (öpmek), بوسە قىلماق (bose qilmaq), لېۋىگە باسماق (lëwige basmaq)
• Uzbek: oʻpmoq (uz), boʻsa olmoq
• Venetan: baxar (vec)
• Vietnamese: hôn (vi), hun (vi)
• Volapük: kidön (vo)
• Võro: suuandminõ
• Walloon: rabressî (wa), båjhî (wa)
• Waray-Waray: harok
• Welsh: cusanu (cy)
• West Frisian: tútsje (fy)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: hazek
• Yakut: уураа (uuraa), убураа (uburaa)
• Yiddish: קושן (kushn)
• Yucatec Maya: ts’u’uts’

to touch lightly

• Bulgarian: доко́свам (bg) impf (dokósvam)
• Esperanto: tuŝeti
• Finnish: hipaista (fi)
• French: effleurer (fr)
• German: küssen (de)
• Greek: ακροφιλώ (akrofiló)
• Hebrew: נָשַׁק (he) (nasháq)
• Indonesian: cium (id)
• Middle English: kissen
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kysse (no)

• Portuguese: beijar (pt), raspar (pt)
• Russian: каса́ться (ru) impf (kasátʹsja)
• Turkish: öpmek (tr)
• Walloon: aduzer (wa)

to touch each other’s lips

• Armenian: համբուրվել (hy) (hamburvel), (colloquial) պաչպչվել (hy) (pačʻpčʻvel)
• Azerbaijani: öpüşmək
• Bashkir: үбешеү (übeşew)
• Belarusian: цалава́цца impf (calavácca), пацалава́цца pf (pacalavácca)
• Bikol Central: maghadukan
• Bulgarian: целу́вам се (bg) impf (celúvam se), целу́на се pf (celúna se)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 互吻 (wu⁶ man⁵), 互吻嘴 (wu⁶ man⁵ zeoi²), 互嘴 (wu⁶ zeoi²), 互嘴嘴 (wu⁶ zeoi² zeoi²), 互錫／互锡 (wu⁶ sek³), 互錫嘴／互锡嘴 (wu⁶ sek³ zeoi²), 互惜 (wu⁶ sek³), 互惜嘴 (wu⁶ sek³ zeoi²)

  Mandarin: 吻 (zh) (wěn), 親／亲 (zh) (qīn), 親吻／亲吻 (zh) (qīnwěn), 接吻 (zh) (jiēwěn), (colloquial) 親嘴／亲嘴 (zh) (qīnzuǐ)

• Dutch: elkaar kussen (nl), elkaar zoenen (nl)
• Esperanto: kisi unu la alian
• Faroese: mussast, kyssast
• Finnish: suudella (fi)
• French: s’embrasser (fr)
• Galician: bicarse
• Georgian: კოცნა (ḳocna), ამბორი (ambori)
• German: sich küssen (de)
• Greek: φιλώ (el) (filó), ασπάζομαι (el) (aspázomai)
• Guaraní: ñehetũ
• Hebrew: התנשק (hitnashék)
• Hiligaynon: haluk
• Hungarian: csókolózik (hu)
• Icelandic: kyssast
• Indonesian: cium (id)
• Ingrian: antaa suuta
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} basiar se
• Italian: baciarsi
• Jarai: pơrơčŭm
• Kaurna: taaparrinthi
• Korean: 키스하다 (ko) (kiseuhada)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ماچ کردن (maç kirdin)

• Latin: basiari
• Latvian: skūpstīties, bučoties
• Lithuanian: bučiuotis
• Luxembourgish: sech kussen, sech këssen
• Macedonian: се бакнува impf (se baknuva), се бакне pf (se bakne), се бацува impf (se bacuva), се баци pf (se baci), се целива impf (se celiva)
• Malay: mencium
• Middle English: kissen
• Norman: s'embraichi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kysse (no)

• Persian: بوسیدن (fa) (busidan), لب گرفتن (lab gereftan)
• Polish: całować się (pl) impf, pocałować się (pl) pf
• Portuguese: beijar-se
• Romanian: se săruta (ro), se pupa (ro)
• Russian: целова́ться (ru) impf (celovátʹsja), поцелова́ться (ru) pf (pocelovátʹsja)
• Sardinian:

  Gallurese: basgiassi

  Sassarese: bajàssi

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: љу́бити се impf, пољу́бити се pf, цели́вати се impf, цјели́вати се impf, поцеливати се pf, поцјеливати се pf

  Roman: ljúbiti se (sh) impf, poljúbiti se (sh) pf, celívati se (sh) impf, cjelívati se (sh) impf, pocelivati se pf, pocelivati se pf

• Slovene: ljubiti se (sl) impf, poljubljati se impf, poljubiti se (sl) pf
• Spanish: besarse (es)
• Swedish: kyssas (sv), pussas (sv) (both reciprocal (sv) forms)
• Tagalog: halik
• Tatar: үбешергә (übeşergä)
• Telugu: ముద్దాడు (te) (muddāḍu), చుంబించు (te) (cumbiñcu)
• Tupinambá: îoîurupyter
• Turkish: öpüşmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: цілува́тися (uk) impf (ciluvátysja), поцілува́тися pf (pociluvátysja)
• Walloon: si rabressî (wa), si cobetchî (wa)

Etymology 2

From Middle English kis, kys, kus, forms of cos influenced by kissen, from Old English coss, from Proto-West Germanic *koss, from Proto-Germanic *kussaz.

Noun

kiss (plural kisses)

1. A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
2. An 'X' mark placed at the end of a letter or other type of message, signifying the bestowal of a kiss from the sender to the receiver.
   • 1966, Brian W. Aldiss, The Saliva Tree, published 1968, page 67:

     With some satisfaction, Gergory read this through twice, signed it and added kisses[.]

3. A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses.
4. (astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth; conjunction.
5. (aviation) A low-speed mid-air collision between the envelopes of two hot air balloons, generally causing no damage or injury.

Synonyms

• (touch with the lips): See Thesaurus:buss

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or verb kiss

• air kiss
• angel's kiss
• ass kissing, ass-kissing
• Aussie kiss
• blow a kiss
• butterfly kiss
• chef's kiss
• cloacal kiss
• cold as a witch's kiss
• double kiss
• Eskimo kiss
• flying kiss
• foot kiss
• freedom kiss
• French kiss
• Glasgow kiss
• good night kiss
• Gorbals kiss
• gypsie's kiss
• gypsy's kiss
• hand-kiss
• indirect kiss
• Judas kiss
• kiss ass, kiss-ass
• kiss cam
• kiss chase
• kiss curl
• kiss-curl
• kiss-in
• kiss in the ring
• kissle
• kiss of charity
• kiss of death
• kiss-off
• kiss off
• kiss of life
• kiss of peace
• kissogram
• kiss-up
• kitty kiss
• Liverpool kiss
• rainbow kiss
• soul kiss
• Spider-Man kiss
• stage kiss
• steal a kiss
• throw a kiss
• tongue kiss

 

Translations

a touch with the lips

• Aari: sónqa
• Afrikaans: soen (af), soengroet
• Albanian: puthje (sq) f
• Arabic: قُبْلَة (ar) f (qubla), بَوْسَة f (bawsa), بُوسَة f (būsa) (colloquial)

  Egyptian Arabic: بوسة f (bōsa)

  Gulf Arabic: بوسة f (bōsa)

  Hijazi Arabic: بوسة f (bōsa)

  Moroccan Arabic: بوسة f (būsa)

• Armenian: համբույր (hy) (hambuyr)
• Aromanian: bãshiu
• Assamese: চুমা (suma), পৰশ্ (poros)
• Asturian: besu (ast) m
• Avar: убач (ubač)
• Azerbaijani: öpüş (az)
• Basque: musu (eu), pot (eu), pa (eu)
• Belarusian: пацалу́нак m (pacalúnak)
• Bengali: চুম্বন (bn) (cumbon)
• Breton: pok (br) m
• Bulgarian: целу́вка (bg) f (celúvka)
• Burmese: နမ်း (my) (nam:), နမ်းစုတ်ခြင်း (nam:cuthkrang:)
• Catalan: petó (ca) m, bes (ca) m, besada (ca) f
• Cebuano: halok
• Chechen: ба (ba)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吻 (zh) (wěn), 親／亲 (zh) (qīn), 親吻／亲吻 (zh) (qīnwěn), 接吻 (zh) (jiēwěn), 親嘴／亲嘴 (zh) (qīnzuǐ)

• Cornish: bay m
• Czech: polibek (cs) m, pusa (cs) f
• Dalmatian: biss m
• Danish: kys (da) n, møs n
• Dutch: kus (nl) m, zoen (nl) m
• Esperanto: kiso (eo)
• Estonian: suudlus (et)
• Finnish: suukko (fi), suudelma (fi), pusu (fi)
• French: baiser (fr) m, bisou (fr) m, bécot (fr) m, bec (fr) m (Quebec), bise (fr) f
• Friulian: bussade f
• Galician: bico (gl) m, beixo (gl) m
• Georgian: კოცნა (ḳocna), ამბორი (ambori)
• German: Kuss (de) m, Busserl (de) n
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 f (frijōns), 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽𐍃 f (gafrijōns)
• Greek: φιλί (el) n (filí), ασπασμός (el) m (aspasmós)

  Ancient: φίλημα n (phílēma)

• Greenlandic: kunik
• Guaraní: etũ (h-), ñehetũ
• Gujarati: ચુંબન (cumban)
• Hebrew: נְשִׁיקָה (he) f (neshiká)
• Hindi: चुम्बन (hi) (cumban), पप्पी (pappī), चुम्मा (hi) (cummā), बब्बी (babbī), चूमा (hi) (cūmā), चुंबा (hi) (cumbā), बोसा (hi) (bosā), मिट्ठा (hi) (miṭṭhā), मिट्ठी (hi) (miṭṭhī), प्यार (hi) (pyār), बोस (bos)
• Hinukh: уббай (ubbay)
• Hungarian: csók (hu)
• Hunsrik: Kuss m, Schmutz m
• Icelandic: koss (is) m
• Ilocano: agek
• Indonesian: ciuman (id)
• Ingrian: suukko
• Interlingua: basio (ia)
• Irish: póg (ga) f
• Isthmus Zapotec: bixiduʼ
• Italian: bacio (it) m
• Ivatan: arek
• Japanese: キス (ja) (kisu), 接吻 (ja) (せっぷん, seppun), 口付け (ja) (くちづけ, kuchizuke), チュー (chū)
• Kabuverdianu: beju, beje
• Kannada: ಮುತ್ತು (kn) (muttu)
• Kapampangan: uma
• Kaurna: taapa
• Kazakh: өбісу (öbısu), сүйісу (süiısu)
• Khmer: ថើប (km) (thaəp)
• Korean: 입맞춤 (ko) (immatchum), 키스 (ko) (kiseu), 뽀뽀 (ko) (ppoppo)
• Kumzari: بُص (bōṣ)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ماچ (ckb) (maç)

  Northern Kurdish: maç (ku), ramûsan (ku), paç (ku), bûse (ku)

• Kyrgyz: өбүш (ky) (öbüş)
• Ladino: bezo
• Lao: ຈູບ (chūp), ການຈູບ (kān chūp)
• Latin: basium n, osculum (la) n, suavium n, sāvium n
• Latvian: skūpsts m, buča (lv) f
• Lithuanian: bučinys (lt) m, (colloquial) bučkis m
• Luxembourgish: Kuss m, Bees f
• Macedonian: бакнеж m (baknež)
• Malay: ciuman (ms)
• Malayalam: ഉമ്മ (ml) (umma), ചുംബനം (ml) (cumbanaṁ), മുത്തം (ml) (muttaṁ)
• Maltese: bewsa f
• Manx: paag f
• Marathi: चुंबन (cumban)
• Middle English: cos
• Mingrelian: ჯუნა (ǯuna)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: үнсэлт (ünselt)

• Nepali: म्वाइँ (ne) (mwāĩ)
• Norman: baîsi m
• Northern Sami: cumˈmá
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kyss (no) n

• Occitan: poton (oc) m, punet m (aranese)
• Odia: ଚୁମା (or) (cumā)
• Old Church Slavonic: лобъзаниѥ (lobŭzanije)
• Old English: coss m
• Old Irish: póc f
• Persian: بوسه (fa) (buse), ماچ (fa) (mâč)
• Plautdietsch: Kuss m
• Polish: pocałunek (pl) m, całus (pl) m
• Portuguese: beijo (pt) m
• Quechua: much'a
• Rohingya: cum
• Romagnol: béṣ m
• Romani: chumi
• Romanian: sărut (ro) n, pupic (ro) n
• Romansch: bitsch m, betsch m, bütsch m
• Russian: поцелу́й (ru) m (pocelúj)
• Sanskrit: चुम्ब (sa) m (cumba), चुम्बन (sa) n (cumbana)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: basidu, basu

  Logudorese: basidu

• Scottish Gaelic: pòg f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̀љубац m, цѐлов m, цјѐлов m, пу̏са f

  Roman: pòljubac (sh) m, cèlov (sh) m, cjèlov (sh) m, pȕsa (sh) f

• Sicilian: vasu (scn) m
• Slovak: bozk (sk) m
• Slovene: poljub (sl) m
• Spanish: beso (es) m, ósculo (es) m

  Old Spanish: beso

• Swahili: busu
• Swedish: kyss (sv) c, puss (sv) c
• Tagalog: halik, humalik, maghalikan
• Tajik: бӯса (büsa), муччӣ (mučči), бӯсса (tg) (büssa)
• Tamil: முத்தம் (ta) (muttam)
• Tatar: үбү (übü), үбеш (tt) (übeş)
• Telugu: ముద్దు (te) (muddu), చుంబనం (te) (cumbanaṁ)
• Thai: การจูบ (th) (gaan-jùup), จูบ (th) (jùup)
• Tupinambá: îurupytera, îoîurupytera
• Turkish: öpücük (tr), buse (tr)
• Turkmen: öpüş, posa
• Ukrainian: поцілу́нок m (pocilúnok)
• Urdu: چمبان (cumban)
• Uyghur: بوسە (bose), ھاببا (habba)
• Uzbek: oʻpich (uz), boʻsa (uz)
• Venetan: baxo (vec) m
• Vietnamese: nụ hôn, cái hôn
• Volapük: kid (vo)
• Welsh: cusan (cy) m or f
• West Frisian: tút (fy)
• Yiddish: קוש m (kush)
• Yucatec Maya: ts’u’uts’
• Zhuang: cup

candy or sweet

• Finnish: suukko (fi)
• Norwegian: pikekyss (no) n
• Russian: безе́ (ru) n (bezé)

See also

• x
• xo
• xoxo
• xoxoxo
• xxx

Anagrams

• KSIs, Sisk, skis

Middle English

Verb

kiss

1. Alternative form of kissen

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪs/

Etymology 1

Partly imitative, partly a euphemism for piss (see pissa (“to pee”)).

Noun

kiss n (uncountable)

1. pee, wee, tinkle, urine

   Synonyms: (vulgar) piss, urin

   kiss och bajs

   pee and poo

Declension

Declension of kiss

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kiss	kiss
	definite	kisset	kissets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• kiss och bajs-humor (“toilet humor”)
• kissblöja
• kissbomb

Related terms

• kissa

Noun

kiss c

1. (slang, childish, now rare) the (male or female) genitalia

   kissen

   the genitals

Declension

Declension of kiss

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kiss	kiss
	definite	kissen	kissens
plural	indefinite	kissar	kissars
	definite	kissarna	kissarnas

Derived terms

• kissemurra

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Interjection

kiss

1. A sound made to attract a cat; "Here, kitty, kitty!"

Usage notes

• Usually repeated several times.
• Often pronounced more like "kss, kss."

Derived terms

• kisse (“kitty-cat”)

References

• kiss in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kiss in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kiss in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Fula Ordboken

Anagrams

• siks