# kies
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch kies.

### Noun

kies (plural kieste)
* cheek

#### Derived terms

* kiestand (“molar”)

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kis/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: kies
* Rhymes: -is

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch kiese (late), borrowed from Old Frisian kēse, from Proto-West Germanic *kūsiju. Displaced older kuis, from Middle Dutch *cuse, from the same Proto-West Germanic source.

#### Noun

kies m (plural kiezen, diminutive kiesje n)
* molar
    Synonym: maaltand
    Ik moet naar de tandarts omdat mijn kies pijn doet. ― I have to go to the dentist because my molar hurts.
    De tandarts heeft mijn kies gevuld. ― The dentist filled my molar.
    Een volwassen persoon heeft normaal gesproken twaalf kiezen. ― An adult person typically has twelve molars.
* (figuratively) certain resembling objects

##### Derived terms

* (tooth types) bovenkies, knobbelkies, kunstkies, melkkies, onderkies, voorkies, verstandskies m or f, wijsheidskies
* kiespijn
* kiezentrekker m
* kiezenkas, kiezenkast
* kiezenmerg n
* kiezensleutel
* kiezenspel n
* kiezenstoter m (obsolete spelling kiezenstooter)
* achter de kiezen

##### Descendants

* → Papiamentu: kis, kies

##### See also

* tand

### Etymology 2

Unclear. Possibly borrowed from Middle English chis, from Old English ċīs, itself of unclear origin.

#### Adjective

kies (comparative kiezer, superlative meest kies or kiest)
* delicate, choice
* showing good taste, well-chosen
    Antonym: onkies

##### Derived terms

* kiesheid

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

kies
* inflection of kiezen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### Anagrams

* skië

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From ki- (“interrogative and relative correlative prefix”) + -es (“correlative suffix of genitives”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkies]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ies
* Hyphenation: ki‧es

### Pronoun

kies (interrogative and relative correlative of genitives, plural kies, accusative singular kies, accusative plural kies)
* whose, of whom, of which

#### Usage notes

Like other interrogative and relative correlatives, kies can be combined with ajn, the adverbial particle of generality. Kies ajn thus means whosever.

#### Derived terms

* kies ajn (“whosever”)

### See also
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

kies
* singular imperative of kiesen

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From an otherwise unattested stem of unknown origin + -es (adjective-forming suffix). It is not unlikely, however, that it was originated based on similar word pairs as an analogy, compare kegyetlen (“cruel”) – kegyes (“kind, merciful”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkijɛʃ]
* Hyphenation: ki‧es
* Rhymes: -ɛʃ

### Adjective

kies (comparative kiesebb, superlative legkiesebb)
* (archaic) picturesque, scenic
    Synonyms: festői, vonzó, elragadó, bűbájos, bájos, hangulatos, kellemes, szép
    Antonyms: kietlen, kopár, puszta, sivár
* (archaic, rare) remote, distant, far-off, desolate
    Synonyms: távol eső, félreeső, elhagyatott, eldugott, elszigetelt, elzárt

#### Declension
### See also

* kiesik

### References

* ↑ kies in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* kies in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian kēse, from Proto-West Germanic *kūsiju.

### Noun

kies c (plural kiezen, diminutive kieske)
* A molar

#### See also

* tosk