kiss

See also: KISS and Kiss

English

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Pronunciation

enPR: kĭs, IPA^(key): /kɪs/, [kʰɪs]
Audio (US): (file)
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)

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

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:kiss

Derived terms

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:

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Emilian: basèr (Bolognese)
Erzya: паламс (palams), палсемс (paľśems)
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)

A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
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[.]
A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See Hershey's Kisses.
(astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth; conjunction.
(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

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
Zyphe: hnang

candy or sweet

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

Anagrams

KSIs, Sisk, skis

Middle English

Verb

kiss

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)

pee, wee, tinkle, urine
Synonyms: (vulgar) piss, urin

kiss och bajs
pee and poo

Declension

Declension of **kiss**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kiss	kiss
singular	definite	kisset	kissets
plural	indefinite	—	—
plural	definite	—	—

Derived terms

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

Related terms

kissa

Noun

kiss c

(slang, childish, now rare) the (male or female) genitalia
kissen
the genitals

Declension

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

Derived terms

kissemurra

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Interjection

kiss

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

Anagrams

siks