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Definition: Kiss |
KissNoun1. A caress with the lips. 2. Any of several bite-sized candies. 3. A light glancing touch; "there was a brief kiss of their hands in passing". Verb1. Touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room". 2. Touch lightly or gently; "the blossoms were kissed by the soft rain". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "kiss" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for "bliss." It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind of rite or ceremony appertaining to a good understanding; but the manner of its performance is unknown to this lexicographer. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Computing | KISS Early system on IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
19th Century Satire | Nothing divided by two; meaning persecution for the infant, ecstasy for the youth, fidelity for the middle-aged and homage for the old. An indescribable something that is of no value to any one, but is much prized by the right two. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Bible | Kiss of affection (Gen. 27:26, 27; 29:13; Luke 7:38, 45); reconciliation (Gen. 33:4; 2 Sam. 14:33); leave-taking (Gen. 31:28,55; Ruth 1:14; 2 Sam. 19:39); homage (Ps. 2:12; 1 Sam. 10:1); spoken of as between parents and children (Gen. 27:26; 31:28, 55; 48:10; 50:1; Ex. 18:7; Ruth 1:9, 14); between male relatives (Gen. 29:13; 33:4; 45:15). It accompanied social worship as a symbol of brotherly love (Rom. 16:16; 1 Cor. 16:20; 2 Cor. 13:12; 1 Thess. 5:26; 1 Pet. 5:14). The worship of idols was by kissing the image or the hand toward the image (1 Kings 19:18; Hos. 13:2). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream that you see children kissing, denotes happy reunions in families and satisfactory work. To dream that you kiss your mother, you will be very successful in your enterprises, and be honored and beloved by your friends. To kiss a brother or sister, denotes much pleasure and good in your association. To kiss your sweetheart in the dark, denotes dangers and immoral engagements. To kiss her in the light, signifies honorable intentions occupy your mind always in connection with women. To kiss a strange woman, denotes loose morals and perverted integrity. To dream of kissing illicitly, denotes dangerous past-times. The indulgence of a low passion may bring a tragedy into well-thought-of homes. To see your rival kiss your sweetheart, you are in danger of losing her esteem. For married people to kiss each other, denotes that harmony is prized in the home life. To dream of kissing a person on the neck, denotes passionate inclinations and weak mastery of self. If you dream of kissing an enemy, you will make advance towards reconciliation with an angry friend. For a young woman to dream that some person sees her kiss her lover, indicates that spiteful envy is entertained for her by a false friend. For her to see her lover kiss another, she will be disappointed in her hopes of marriage. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Kiss as a mode of salutation, comes from its use to express reverence or worship. Thus to adore idols and to kiss idols mean the same thing. Indeed, the word adore signifies simply to carry the hand to the mouth, that is, to kiss it to the idol. We still kiss the hand in salutation. Various parts of the body are kissed to distinguish the character of the adoration paid. Thus, to kiss the lips is to adore the living breath of the person saluted; to kiss the feet or ground is to humble oneself in adoration; to kiss the garments is to express veneration to whatever belongs to or touches the person who wears them. "Kiss the Son, lest He be angry" (Ps. ii. 12), means Worship the Son of God. Pharaoh tells Joseph, "Thou shalt be over my house, and upon thy mouth shall all my people kiss," meaning they shall reverence the commands of Joseph by kissing the roll on which his commands would be written. "Samuel poured oil on Saul, and kissed him," to acknowledge subjection to God's anointed (1 Sam. x. 1). In the Hebrew state, this mode of expressing reverence arose from the form of government established, whether under the patriarchal or matrimonial figure. A Judas kiss. An act of treachery. The allusion is to the apostle Judas, who betrayed his Master with a kiss. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Multilingual Slang | Hungarian (smárolni ). (references) |
Slang | Verb. Source: From kiss. Definition: To suck the blood out of somebody. Context: A gothic description of what a vampire does. Social Source: Role Players. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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Early system on IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). This article (or an earlier version of it) contains material from FOLDOC, used with permission.See also: KISS Principle For the band, see KISS (band).
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A kiss is the touching of the lips to some other thing, usually another person. In modern Western culture it is most commonly an expression of romantic affection or sexual desire, and typically involves two people kissing one another on the lips, and may also involve one person kissing another on various parts of his or her body.
Kissing is also a means of expressing greetings between people of close acquaintance, often family members. This typically involves kissing on the cheek.
Kissing may also be used to signify reverence and subordination, as in kissing the ring of a king or pope.
When not an expression of romantic affection, a kiss is a largely symbolic gesture, in that the purpose of the kiss is to convey a meaning, such as salutations or subordination, rather than to experience the physical sensations associated with kissing. In romantic and sexual kissing, the physical sensations are often primary. Thus romantic kissing tends to be more intense and prolonged (see tongue kiss).
The term Kissing Hands is used to formally describe the appointment of the senior state figures to office by British monarchs. Though in the past, the monarch's hand was actually kissed, this is no longer so. When figures such as the British Prime Minister, cabinet members and diplomatics are formally appointed, they are said to have Kissed Hands.
See also tongue kiss, maraichinage, the KISS Principle, the rock band Kiss, and Kiss FM
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KISS is a New York City-based rock band that became famous in the mid to late 1970s. The band was known for its elaborate costumes and stage sets, and the fact that the band never appeared in public except in heavy make-up which disguised their real identities. The band stopped wearing their make-up in 1983, and put it back on by the mid 1990s when they began touring as a 1970's nostalgia act.The original members of Kiss (formed 1972?-'73) (and their made-up personas) are Paul Stanley (star child), rhythm guitar; Gene Simmons (demon), bass; Ace Frehley (space-ace), lead guitar; and Peter Criss (catman), drums.
Over the years, the band had these replacements for Ace Frehley between 1982 and 1996 (when the original four members reunited):
And these were the replacements for Peter Criss between 1980 and 1996 and after 2001 when he left the band a second time:
- Vinnie Vincent, 1982-83
- Mark St. John, 1983-84
- Bruce Kulick, 1985-1996
The band's name was rumored to stand for "Knights In Satan's Service" but this is an urban legend which Gene Simmons has denied in his book. Simmons states that Paul Stanley suggested the name on the spur of the moment while they were stopped at a traffic light.
- Eric Carr, 1981-1991 (died of cancer)
- Eric Singer, 1991-1996, 2001- (since 2001, he had to wear the Catman make-up)
External links
- KISS Asylum
- Snopes Urban Legend Page on KISS
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The KISS principle is a maxim often invoked when discussing design to fend off creeping featurism and control complexity of development. The usual explanation for this acronym is "Keep it Simple, Stupid", another is "Keep it Simple and Stupid" (often in artificial intelligence).The acronym was originally used as a piece of advice from lawyers counseling their clients.
Possibly related to the marketroid maxim on sales presentations, "Keep It Short and Simple".
See also Occam's Razor.
This article (or an earlier version of it) contains material from FOLDOC, used with permission.
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
KISS | English | Keep it Simple,Stupid| | N/A |
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Synonyms: KissSynonyms: brush (n), osculation (n), buss (v), osculate (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Affirmation | Depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear; make oath, take one's oath; make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit; take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero; swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue; be sworn, call Heaven to witness; vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle. |
Amusement | Leapfrog, hop skip and jump; mother may I; French and English, tug of war; blindman's bluff, hunt the slopper, hide and seek, kiss in the ring; snapdragon; cross questions and crooked answers.; crisscross, hopscotch; jacks, jackstones, marbles; mumblety-peg, mumble-the-peg, pushball, shinney, shinny, tag; |
Courtesy | Salute; embrace; (endearment); kiss, kiss hands; drink to, pledge, hob and nob; move to, nod to; smile upon. |
Obeisance; (reverence); bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam, kotow, kowtow, bowing and scraping; kneeling; genuflection; (worship); obsequiousness; capping, shaking hands; Verb: grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d'honneur, pledge; love token; (endearment); kiss, buss, salute. | |
Endearment | Embrace, salute, kiss, buss, smack, osculation, deosculation; amorous glances. |
Clasp, hug, cuddle; fold in one's arms, strain in one's arms; nestle, nuzzle; embrace, kiss, buss, smack, blow a kiss; salute; (courtesy); fold to the heart, press to the bosom. | |
Falsehood | Lip homage, lip service; mouth honor; hollowness; mere show, mere outside; duplicity, double dealing, insincerity, hypocrisy, cant, humbug; jesuitism, jesuitry; pharisaism; Machiavelism, "organized hypocrisy"; crocodile tears, mealy-mouthedness, quackery; charlatanism, charlatanry; gammon; bun-kum, bumcombe, flam; bam, flimflam, cajolery, flattery; Judas kiss; perfidy; (bad faith); il volto sciolto i pensieri stretti. |
Flattery | Verb: flatter, praise to the skies, puff; wheedle, cajole, glaver, coax; fawn upon, faun upon; humor, gloze, soothe, pet, coquet, slaver, butter; jolly; bespatter, beslubber, beplaster, beslaver; lay it on thick, overpraise; earwig, cog, collogue; truckle to, pander to, pandar to, suck up to, kiss the ass of, pay court to; court; creep into the good graces of, curry favor with, hang on the sleeve of; fool to the top of one;s bent; lick the dust. |
Improbity | Noun: improbity; dishonesty, dishonor; disgrace; (disrepute); fraud; (deception); lying; bad faith, Punic faith; mala fides, Punica fides; infidelity; faithlessness; Adjective: Judas kiss, betrayal. |
Respect | Verb: respect, regard; revere, reverence; hold in reverence, honor, venerate, hallow; esteem; (approve of); think much of; entertain respect for, bear respect for; look up to, defer to; have a high opinion of, hold a high opinion of; pay attention, pay respect; n. to; do honor to, render honor to; do the honors, hail; show courtesy; salute, present arms; do homage to, pay homage to; pay tribute to, kneel to, bow to, bend the knee to; fall down before, prostrate oneself, kiss the hem of one's garment; worship. |
Servility | Sneak, crawl, crouch, cower, sponge, truckle to, grovel, fawn, lick the feet of, kiss the hem of one's garment, kiss one's ass, suck up. |
Submission | Eat dirt, eat the leek, eat humble pie; bite the dust, lick the dust; be at one's feet, fall at one's feet; craven; crouch before, throw oneself at the feet of; swallow the leek, swallow the pill; kiss the rod; turn the other cheek; avaler les couleuvres, gulp down. |
Untruth | Profession, empty words; Judas kiss; (hypocrisy); disguise; (mask). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | That's the way to kiss you're mother (American Pie 2; writing credit: Adam Herz; David H. Steinberg) Want to vanish inside your kiss, every day I'm loving you more and more (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce) I'd rather kiss a tarantula (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden and Adolph Green.) It's called a french kiss. (The Brady Bunch Movie; writing credit: Betty Thomas, written by Laurice Elehwany, Rick Copp, Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner) A kiss can be even deadlier if you mean it. (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters) | |
Lyrics | You can kiss me with the windows open (This Kiss; performing artist: Faith Hill) I held her close, I kissed her, our last kiss (Last Kiss; performing artist: Pearl Jam) I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey (Kiss From A Rose; performing artist: Seal) Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight (Kiss Me; performing artist: Sixpence None The Richer) Giving you my kiss (Kiss Kiss; performing artist: Stella Soleil) | |
Clever | Share your smile with everyone, but save your kiss for only one. (references; author: unknown) Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear. (references; author: unknown) To let a fool kiss you is stupid. To let a kiss fool you is worse. (references; author: unknown) A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. (references; author: unknown) The difference between the Pope and your boss. The Pope only expects you to kiss his ring. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Kiss her quick, kiss her quicker, kiss her quickest! (references; author: unknown) Quick kiss. Quicker kiss. Quickest kiss. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Kiss Me Kate (2003) First Kiss (1970) Once You Kiss a Stranger (1969) Kiss Me Mate (1969) Hot Kiss (1969) | |
Song Titles | Last Kiss (performing artist: J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers) I Don't Wanna Kiss You Goodnight (performing artist: LFO) KISS AND SAY GOODBYE (performing artist: Manhattans ) HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME (performing artist: Mel Carter ) Kiss Him Goodbye (performing artist: The Nylons) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Caption: Strips of Film from the Kiss from Widow Jones with May Irwin and John Price; West Orange, NJ; 1896; {23.435/5} (jpg). |  | The kiss of life: practical instruction for a village health worker in Samoa. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by R.J. Gobius.. |
 | No risk in a kiss. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | He stammered out "W-won't" to Miss Maria who asked him to kiss her. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Man kneeling to kiss the hand of a woman. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Miss Gladys Wyville sending a kiss via wireless radio to a friend miles away - a feature of the radio show at the Hotel Pennsylvania this week. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Still photograph from first on-screen kiss between movie actors May Irwin and John C. Rice from the film "The Kiss", 1896. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | An American correspondent in an Army Jeep is welcomed with a kiss by a young lady in Porto Farina after the Allies frustrated the German evacuation attempts. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Kiss me quick!. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Kiss a toad tonight. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "With a goodnight kiss" by Jessica M Commentary: "Jose and I." | "Horse kiss." by Hanna Dalberg Commentary: "Two icelandichorses." |
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 | Long smooching kiss. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Beaumont and Fletcher | Kiss till the cow comes home. |
Bernard Meltzer | Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it. |
George Eliot | Would not love see returning penitence afar off, and fall on its neck and kiss it? |
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu | Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my dear, kiss me and be quiet. |
Oscar Wilde | A kiss may ruin a human life. |
Remy De Gourmont | Women still remember the first kiss after men have forgotten the last. |
Victor Hugo | A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil. |
William Blake | The Goddess Fortune is the devil's servant, ready to kiss any one's ass. |
William Shakespeare | Kiss me, Kate, we will be married o' Sunday. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He appeared ready either to cleave this skull, or to kiss this hand |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | His lips would not bend to kiss her. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Her Imperial Majesty was pleased to smile very graciously upon me, and gave me out of the window her hand to kiss. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Kenya | The following radio stations also broadcast in Nairobi: Nation, Kameme, BBC, Voice of America (VOA), Capital, Family, Kiss, Iqra, Metro East, and Sounds Asia. (references) |
Human Rights | Zimbabwe | During the year, business managers of urban NGO's and private companies were abducted and taken to ZANU-PF headquarters, where some were beaten and threatened, and others were forced to kiss a portrait of President Mugabe and sing ruling party slogans. (references) |
Travel | Poland | American men are not expected to kiss a Polish woman's hand, but may simply shake hands. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number -- just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice. Following is the revised edition of the Decalogue, calculated for this meridian. Thou shalt no God but me adore: 'Twere too expensive to have more. No images nor idols make For Robert Ingersoll to break. Take not God's name in vain; select A time when it will have effect. Work not on Sabbath days at all, But go to see the teams play ball. Honor thy parents. That creates For life insurance lower rates. Kill not, abet not those who kill; Thou shalt not pay thy butcher's bill. Kiss not thy neighbor's wife, unless Thine own thy neighbor doth caress Don't steal; thou'lt never thus compete Successfully in business. Cheat. Bear not false witness -- that is low -- But "hear 'tis rumored so and so." Cover thou naught that thou hast not By hook or crook, or somehow, got. G.J. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bill Maher | I don't want them treated inhumanely, but I don't think we have to kiss their ass either, which seems to be what we're doing. We cater to all their religious needs. |
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| "Kiss" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 56.11% of the time. "Kiss" is used about 2,412 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 56.11% | 1,354 | 5,876 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 31.88% | 769 | 8,941 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 10.56% | 255 | 18,554 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.28% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Noun (plural) | 0.08% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (common) | 0.08% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,412 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "kiss" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Kiss | Last name | 1,000 | 12,807 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "kiss": a smacking kiss ♦ angel kiss ♦ blow a kiss ♦ candy kiss ♦ chocolate kiss ♦ deep kiss ♦ french kiss ♦ give a kiss ♦ give a kiss to ♦ give kiss of life ♦ hug and kiss ♦ judas kiss ♦ juda's kiss ♦ kiss and cuddle ♦ kiss and cuddle smb. ♦ kiss and make up ♦ kiss and ride ♦ kiss away ♦ kiss back ♦ kiss curl ♦ kiss each other ♦ kiss of death ♦ kiss of life ♦ kiss of peace ♦ kiss off ♦ kiss off! ♦ kiss on the hand ♦ kiss one's ass ♦ kiss one's hand to smb. ♦ kiss Principle ♦ kiss smb. goodbye ♦ kiss smb.'s hand ♦ kiss the book ♦ kiss the dust ♦ kiss the ground ♦ kiss the hem of one's garment ♦ kiss the rod ♦ little kiss ♦ meringue kiss ♦ molasses kiss ♦ parting kiss ♦ Scotch kiss ♦ soul kiss ♦ steal a kiss ♦ throw a kiss. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "kiss": Kiss-a-glam, kiss-and-make-up, kiss-and-tell, kiss-curl, kiss-curls, kiss-fired, kiss-in, kiss-in-the-ring, kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, kiss-me-quick, Kiss-of-death, kiss-off, kiss-of-life, kiss-o-gram, kiss-proof. | |
Ending with "kiss": mid-kiss. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
kiss | 12,861 | kiss me kate | 224 |
french kiss | 1,263 | 108 kiss | 221 |
kiss fm | 1,214 | 106.1 fm kiss | 221 |
92.5 kiss | 1,126 | kiss 92 fm | 215 |
lesbian kiss | 824 | 99.5 kiss | 214 |
kiss doll | 759 | aerosmith and kiss | 210 |
butterfly kiss | 741 | hot kiss | 208 |
kiss a girl | 643 | 103.5 kiss | 208 |
kiss 92 | 562 | kiss my ass | 206 |
92.5 fm kiss | 418 | 96.5 fm kiss | 203 |
kiss me | 371 | kiss com | 199 |
106.1 kiss | 306 | butterfly kiss lyrics | 197 |
kiss lyrics | 298 | kiss me hentai | 195 |
casual kiss | 284 | from kiss rose | 194 |
103.5 fm kiss | 281 | first kiss | 193 |
gay kiss | 247 | adult kiss doll | 191 |
kiss band | 241 | 98.7 fm kiss | 190 |
last kiss | 235 | 92.5 kiss toronto | 188 |
103.7 fm kiss | 230 | 98.5 kiss | 182 |
lesbian french kiss | 225 | kiss kiss | 181 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "kiss"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | soen, kus (coast, seaside, shore). (various references) | |
Albanian | puthje (Buss, necking, osculation, salute), puth (Buss, caress, lip, osculate), prek lehtë (dab), e puthura. (various references) | |
Arabic | مس برفق (brush, shave), لمسة رقيقة, قبلة (caress, osculation), قبل (accede, accept, admit, agree to, approve of, assent, be accepted, before, concede, consent, fore, in front of, ok, okay, okey, previous, previously, prior, sanction, settle for, subscribe, take, until), حضن (baby sit, bosom, clasp, cuddle, enfold, lap, nestle, nurture, stain), تقبيل (kissing, necking, osculation), تباوس (smooch), تبادل القبل (smooch), بوسة (kissing), باس. (various references) | |
Aymara | jamp'atiña (to kiss). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | целувка (meringue, salute, seal of love), целуваме се, целувам (caress, lip, salute), галя (canoodle, caress, cosset, flatter, fondle, neck, nurse, pet), малък сладкиш, едва се докосвам до, леко докосване (graze), бонбонче (drop, lozenge, sweet, sweetie). (various references) | |
Catalan | petó. (various references) | |
Chinese | 亲吻 (Kissed, kissing), 接吻 , 吻 (mouth). (various references) | |
Czech | pusa (mouth), polibek (Peck), políbit (Buss), líbat se, líbat. (various references) | |
Danish | kysse, kys. (various references) | |
Dutch | zoenen, kussen (cushion, pillow). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kiso, kisi. (various references) | |
Faeroese | kyssa, kossur. (various references) | |
Farsi | ماچ کردن , ما (We), بوسیدن (Osculate), بوسه گرفتن از, بوسه , بوس . (various references) | |
Finnish | suudella. (various references) | |
French | embrasser, bise, baiser. (various references) | |
Frisian | tútsje, tút, patsje. (various references) | |
German | küssen (buss, to buss, to kiss), Kuß, kuss (Peck). (various references) | |
Greek | φιλώ (lip, osculate), φιλί, φίλημα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | להתנשק, לנשוק (meet together, touch), לנשק (osculate), נשיקה (osculation). (various references) | |
Hungarian | csók (macaroon, osculation), habcsók (meringue), csókol (to kiss, to lip, to osculate, to snog). (various references) | |
Icelandic | kyssa, koss. (various references) | |
Indonesian | mengecup (smack), cun (inch), cucut (shark, suck), ciuman (kissing, osculation, sniff, whiff), cium (smell), berciuman. (various references) | |
Irish | póg. (various references) | |
Italian | bacio (smack, smacker), baciare (kiss each other). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ヘ長調 (a hike in the basic wagebase up, bacon, bailout, bake off, baked potato, Bakelite, bakery, baking powder, bare look, bare top, base, base camp, base coach, base down, basement, BASIC, Basic English, bass, bassist, Bayes, Bayesian, Bayrische Motorenwerke, bearing, Beethoven, Behcet, beige, Beirut, Belgrade, beta, betatron, BMW, F major, salary increase, to base something on, to make something the basis, valium, vector, Vega, veil, version of English with a maximum of 850 basic words), 接吻 (kissing), 口付け , キー入力 (ATM card, automatic teller machine, birch sugar, cache, cash, cash card, cash machine, cashbook, cashbox, cashier, cashless, cashless checkless society, cashless society, casserole, cast, caster, Castilian, casting, casting vote, caterpillar, Cathay, chimera, chinoform, Cicero, flexi-teller, hickey, key, kibbutz, kick, kickback, kickboxing, kickoff, kid, kiddie, kiddy, kids business, kimchee, kinesics, kinesiology, kinetic art, kiosk, kip, kiss-and-ride system, kit, kitchen, kitchen cabinet, kitchen drinker, kitchen programmer, kitchenware, Kitchin cycle, Kitsch, kiwi, kiwi fruit, Korean pickled cabbage, kymograph, lipstick mark, love bite, newscaster, passion mark, quinine, xenon, Xenon arc lamp, Xenon lamp, xylitol), ちゃんばら映画 (make a fuss of, pamper, samurai movie, spoil). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ベーゼ , くちづけ, せっぷん (kissing), キッス , キス , ちゅう . (various references) | |
Korean | 키스 (kissing). (various references) | |
Lombard | basin. (various references) | |
Manx | poogh (wasp), paagey (kissing, osculate, osculation, truss), paag (buss), cur smittag da, cur paag da, cophaagey, bentyn ry cheilley. (various references) | |
Norwegian | kysse, kyss. (various references) | |
Papiamen | kusinchi, sunchi. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | isskay.(various references) | |
Polish | pocałunek, całować. (various references) | |
Portuguese | beijo (buss, caress, osculation, smooch), beijar (buss, lip, osculate). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | beijarem-se...abraçarem-se (to kiss each other...to hug each other). (various references) | |
Romanian | se sãruta (pet), se pupa, såruta, sãrutare (Buss, smacker), sãruta (Buss, lip, smack), sãrut (Buss, osculation), pupa (Buss, stern), guriţã (Buss), bezea (meringue), atingere uşoarã (dab, graze), atinge uşor (brush, dab, glance, lay a finger upon, skim, touch). (various references) | |
Romany | choomidàv (to kiss). (various references) | |
Russian | целовать поцелуй, целовать (kissed, kissing), поцелуй (salute), поцеловать. (various references) | |
Scottish | pòg (a kiss). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | poljubiti (buss, lip, osculate, peck), poljubac (buss, osculation, peck, smacker), ljubiti (love), celivati (osculate). (various references) | |
Spanish | beso (lap, love, osculation, Peck), besar (lap, lick, osculate, Peck). (various references) | |
Sranan | bosi. (various references) | |
Swedish | puss (puddle), kyssa, kyss (Buss), pussa. (various references) | |
Tagalog | halik. (various references) | |
Thai | การสัมผัส (feeling), การจูบ, ขนมหวานชิ้นเล็กๆ, จูบ. (various references) | |
Turkish | buse. (various references) | |
Turkmen | ogюamak, цpью, цpmek. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | чоломкатися, чоломкати, чоломкання, цілуватися (osculate, smooch), цілувати (lip), поцілунок (osculation, osculum, x). (various references) | |
Welsh | cusanu, cusan. (various references) | |
Yucatec | ts'u'uts'ik (smoke, suck), ts'u'uts' (smoke, suck). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | basium. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | cyssan. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5, Verse 26 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Aspasasqe touV adelfouV pantaV en filhmati agiw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Salutate fratres omnes in osculo sancto |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Halette ealle breþer mid haligra cysse. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Grete ye wel alle britheren in hooli cos. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Grete all the brethren with an holy kysse. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Give all the brothers a holy kiss. |
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