kies

Pronunciation: /kis/

“kies” is a Dutch word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

molar
certain resembling objects

adjective

delicate, choice
tasteful, appropriate, well chosen

Etymology

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.

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