kies

From Dutch kies.

kies (plural kieste)

1. cheek

• kiestand (“molar”)

• IPA^(key): /kis/

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• Hyphenation: kies
• Rhymes: -is

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.

kies m (plural kiezen, diminutive kiesje n)

2. 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.

3. (figuratively) certain resembling objects

• → Papiamentu: kis, kies

• tand

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

kies (comparative kiezer, superlative meest kies or kiest)

1. delicate, choice
2. showing good taste, well-chosen

   Antonym: onkies

• kiesheid

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kies

1. inflection of kiezen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• skië

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkies/

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• Rhymes: -ies
• Hyphenation: ki‧es

kies (interrogative and relative correlative of genitives, plural kies, accusative singular kies, accusative plural kies)

1. whose, of whom, of which

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

• kies ajn (“whosever”)

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kies

1. singular imperative of kiesen

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”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈkijɛʃ]
• Hyphenation: ki‧es
• Rhymes: -ɛʃ

kies (comparative kiesebb, superlative legkiesebb)

1. (archaic) picturesque, scenic

   Synonyms: festői, vonzó, elragadó, bűbájos, bájos, hangulatos, kellemes, szép

   Antonyms: kietlen, kopár, puszta, sivár

2. (archaic, rare) remote, distant, far-off, desolate

   Synonyms: távol eső, félreeső, elhagyatott, eldugott, elszigetelt, elzárt

• kiesik

• kies in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

From Arabic كَأْس (kaʔs).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪːs/

kies m (plural kwies or kjies) (archaic)

1. glass, cup (any small drinking vessel)

   Synonym: tazza

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

kies c (plural kiezen, diminutive kieske)

1. A molar

• tosk