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Meaning of kiosk | Babel Free

Noun masculine
çɔsk

Definitions

  1. a kiosk (a small enclosed structure, often freestanding, open on one side or with a window, used as a booth to sell newspapers, cigarettes, food, etc.)
    masculine
  2. a kiosk
    masculine
  3. a garden pavilion; gazebo, garden house; garden castle
    masculine
  4. a telephone booth (a small enclosure housing a public telephone)
    masculine
  5. a smaller transformer station e.g. for the distribution of electrical energy to a small area
    masculine

Examples

“Å gå i kiosken for å kjøpe pastiller.”

To go to the kiosk to buy lozenges.

“jeg læste journalerne i kiosken idag”

I read the journals in the kiosk today

“en kiosk til salg av frukt og cigaretter”

a kiosk for the sale of fruit and cigarettes

“fantasiens små kineserdukker, som sidder i kioskens ly”

the little Chinese dolls of the imagination, who sit in the pavillion's shelter

“nu bygger jeg en kiosk til mig alene et stykke borte fra gaarden”

now I am building a garden pavillion for myself alone some distance away from the farm

“Jeg ringer deg senere fra en kiosk, er det greit?”

I'll call you later from a telephone booth, is that okay?

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