07.06.2005 10:35
[#4]
Re: Czym jest kiosk?
@Prince, post #3
3 entries found for kiosk.
*. A small open gazebo or pavilion.
*. A small structure, often open on one or more sides, used as a
newsstand or booth.
*. A cylindrical structure on which advertisements are posted.
[French kiosque, from Turkish kök, from Middle Persian goshak, [3mcorner[23m, from
Avestan *gaoshaka-, diminutive of gaosha-, [3mear[23m.]
[3m[1mWord History: [22mThe lowly kiosk where newspapers are sold or advertisements
are posted is like a child in a fairy tale raised by humble parents but
descended from kings. The word
kiosk was originally taken into English from Turkish, in which its source
kök meant `pavilion.' The open structures referred to by
the Turkish word were used as summerhouses in Turkey and Persia. The first
recorded use of kiosk in English (1625) refers to these Middle Eastern
pavilions, which Europeans imitated in their own
gardens and parks. In France and Belgium, where the Turkish word had also
been borrowed, their word kiosque was applied to something lower on the
scale, structures resembling these pavilions but
used as places to sell newspapers or as bandstands. England borrowed this
lowly structure from France and reborrowed the word, which is first
recorded in 1865 with reference to a place where newspapers
are sold.[23m
Source: [3mThe American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition
Copyright Š 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.[23m
[1mkiosk[22m
n : small area set off by walls for special use [syn: booth, cubicle,
stall]
Source: [3mWordNet Ž 2.0, Š 2003 Princeton University[23m
[1mkiosk[22m
A stall set up in a public place where one can obtain
information, e.g. tourist information. The information may be
provided by a human or by a computer. In the latter case, the
data may be stored locally (e.g. on CD-ROM) or accessed via
a network using some kind of distributed information retreival
system such as Gopher or World-Wide Web.
(1998-09-07)
Source: [3mThe Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, Š 1993-2005 Denis Howe[23m
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