English Explanatory Dictionary

French kiss

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kiss in the French style, variously understood as:
  2. The act or an instance of kissing that involves the use of one's tongue.
  3. The act or an instance of kissing another person's cheeks in turn as a greeting.
  4. The act or an instance of touching cheeks together in turn as a greeting.
verb
  1. To give a French kiss, in its various senses.

Pronunciation

/frɛntʃˈkɪs/ /frɛnʃˈkɪs/ en-au-French kiss.ogg

Word forms

French kiss French kisses French-kiss frenchkiss French kissing French kissed

Etymology

Originally in reference to a common French greeting. Later, from English and American associations of the French people with sexual boldness (see French), with probable influence from earlier English and continuing European association of the French with oral sex. (See to french.)

Synonyms

tongue kiss cataglottism soul kiss snog shift to meet pash tongue sandwich tongue sushi french

Derived words

French kisser French kissing

Translations

Arabic: قُبْلَة فَرَنْسِيَّة Azerbaijani: Fransız öpüşü Azerbaijani: dərin öpüş Bengali: ফরাসি চুম্বন Burmese: ဖရင့်ကစ် Catalan: bes amb llengua Catalan: petó amb llengua Chinese Mandarin: 舌吻 Chinese Mandarin: 濕吻 /湿吻 Chinese Mandarin: 深吻 Chinese Mandarin: 法式接吻 Czech: francouzský polibek Czech: francouzák Danish: tungekys Dutch: tongzoen Dutch: tongkus Emilian: bêś a la francéśa Esperanto: franca kiso Estonian: keelesuudlus Finnish: kielisuudelma Finnish: kielari French: baiser florentin French: baiser colombin French: baiser amoureux French: baiser profond French: baiser lingual French: patin French: pelle French: galoche French: french West-Frisian: tongtút West-Frisian: tongepat Galician: bico francés Georgian: მოჯიგრა Georgian: ჩაზასა Georgian: მიზასა German: Zungenkuss Greek: γλωσσόφιλο Greek: γαλλικό φιλί Hebrew: נְשִׁיקָה צָרְפָתִית Hungarian: nyelves csók Icelandic: sleikur Icelandic: tungukoss Icelandic: franskur koss Indonesian: ciuman Perancis Interlingua: basio a lingua Italian: bacio alla francese Italian: bacio alla fiorentina Italian: slinguata Italian: limonata Japanese: ディープ・キス Japanese: フレンチ・キス Korean: 프렌치 키스 Latin: suāvium Latin: bāsium linguae Lithuanian: prancūziškas bučinys Mazanderani: فرانسوی خاش Mazanderani: عاشقونه خاش Mazanderani: لو بَیتِن Norwegian Bokmål: tungekyss Norwegian Bokmål: fransk kyss Norwegian Nynorsk: tungekyss Norwegian Nynorsk: fransk kyss Persian: بوسه فرانسوی Persian: بوسه عاشقانه Polish: francuski pocałunek Polish: pocałunek z języczkiem Portuguese: beijo de língua Portuguese: beijo francês Portuguese: linguado Portuguese: beijo linguado Punjabi: ਫਰੈਂਚ ਕਿਸ Punjabi: ਫ਼੍ਰਾਂਸੀਸੀ ਚੁੰਮੀ Punjabi: فرینچ چمی Russian: францу́зский поцелу́й Russian: поцелу́й взасо́с Russian: глубо́кий поцелу́й Russian: поцелу́й с языко́м Rwanda-Rundi: gusomana kw'abafaransa Slovene: francọ̑ski poljȗb Spanish: beso francés Spanish: beso con lengua Spanish: morreo
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