Kiss

See also: kiss and KISS

English

Etymology

• As a Hungarian surname, from Kiss.
• As an English surname of Norman origin, from Anglo-Norman cuisse (“thigh”).

Proper noun

Kiss

1. A surname from Hungarian.

Anagrams

• KSIs, Sisk, skis

Hungarian

Etymology

From the adjective kis (“small”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkiʃ]
• Rhymes: -iʃ

Proper noun

Kiss

1. a surname

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Kiss	Kissek
accusative	Kisst	Kisseket
dative	Kissnek	Kisseknek
instrumental	Kiss-sel	Kissekkel
causal-final	Kissért	Kissekért
translative	Kiss-sé	Kissekké
terminative	Kissig	Kissekig
essive-formal	Kissként	Kissekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Kissben	Kissekben
superessive	Kissen	Kisseken
adessive	Kissnél	Kisseknél
illative	Kissbe	Kissekbe
sublative	Kissre	Kissekre
allative	Kisshez	Kissekhez
elative	Kissből	Kissekből
delative	Kissről	Kissekről
ablative	Kisstől	Kissektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	Kissé	Kisseké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Kisséi	Kissekéi

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian surnames

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰis/
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: Kiss

Noun

Kiss

1. plural of Kuss

Slovak

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Hungarian Kiss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kiʃ]

Proper noun

Kiss m pers (female equivalent Kissová)

1. a male surname from Hungarian

Declension

Declension of Kiss
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Kiss	Kissovia	Kissovci
genitive	Kissa	Kissov	Kissovcov
dative	Kissovi	Kissom	Kissovcom
accusative	Kissa	Kissov	Kissovcov
locative	Kissovi	Kissoch	Kissovcoch
instrumental	Kissom	Kissmi	Kissovcami

Further reading

• “Kiss”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025