# kiss
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: kĭs, IPA: /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, 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
* (ambitransitive) 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”‎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

* 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 ring
* 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

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 (zip$^3$ man$^5$), 嘴 (zeoi$^2$), 嘴嘴 (zeoi$^2$ zeoi$^2$), 錫 / 锡 (sek$^3$), 惜 (sek$^3$)
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 (palsems)
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)
Nama: ǁoa
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)
Nǀuu: ǂʻoa, ǂʻoaǁʻng, ǂʻoaǁhau
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’ :
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### 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.
** 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Education of Otis Yeere”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 42:“It was the most absurd kiss. I don't believe he'd ever kissed a woman in his life before. I threw my head back, and it was a sort of slidy, pecking dab, just on the end of the chin — here.” Mrs. Hauksbee tapped her masculine little chin with her fan.
* 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

* 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
* kisstory
* kiss-up
* kitty kiss
* Liverpool kiss
* rainbow kiss
* rope kiss
* soul kiss
* Spider-Man kiss
* stage kiss
* steal a kiss
* throw a kiss
* tongue kiss

##### Translations
### See also

* x
* xo
* xoxo
* xoxoxo
* xxx

### Anagrams

* KSIs, Sisk, skis

## Middle English
### Verb

kiss
* Alternative form of kissen

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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 bajspee and poo

##### 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
    kissenthe genitals

##### 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

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

### Anagrams

* siks