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French kiss
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French-kiss
English
Alternative forms
en French-kiss french-kiss frenchkiss all verb only
Etymology
Originally in reference to a common French greeting. Later, from English and American associations of the French people with sexual boldness (see en French#Adjective French), with probable influence from earlier English and continuing European association of the French with oral sex. (See to en french#Verb french.)
Pronunciation
en /frɛntʃˈkɪs/ /frɛnʃˈkɪs/ 1
en en-au-French kiss.ogg AU
Noun
A kiss in the French style, variously understood as:
The act or an instance of kissing that involves the use of one's tongue.
en 1922 Elliot Harold Paul Indelible 61 She showed me the French kiss where you stick your tongue out, but I didn't like it.
en 1948 Alfred Charles Kinsey; et al Sexual Behavior of the Human Male 540 Simple lip kissing may be extended into a deep kiss (a French kiss or soul kiss, in the college parlance) which may involve more or less extensive tongue contacts.
en now _ uncommon The act or an instance of kissing another person's cheeks in turn as a greeting. en what's the common term for this these days? add with {{syn}}
1836, John Scott, letter:
I do not think there would be any harm in sending him a French kiss. It is what no English lawyer can object to, it being only justice to make both sides of the face alike.
en 2007 Ronald Johnston Big Lie 37 She had informed the amused seniors that the custom of greeting people with a kiss on each cheek was known as the French kiss.
en rare The act or an instance of touching cheeks together in turn as a greeting.
en August 31 1898 Bangor Daily Whig 4 Frenchwomen touch cheeks, first one, then the other, and this touching of cheeks is known in England as the French kiss and has been adopted to a considerable extent in London among society women.
Synonyms
kiss involving the tongue en tongue kiss, en cataglottism, en soul kiss US, en snog UK, en shift IRE, en meet to meet IRE, en pash AU, NZ, en tongue sandwich, en tongue sushi, en tonsil tennis,en tonsil hockey
Derived terms
en French kisser French kissing
Translations
a kiss involving the tongue
Arabic: ar قُبْلَة فَرَنْسِيَّة f
Azerbaijani: az Fransız öpüşü, az dərin öpüş
Bengali: bn ফরাসি চুম্বন
Burmese: my ဖရင့်ကစ်
Catalan: ca bes amb llengua m, ca petó amb llengua m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 舌吻 shéwěn, cmn 濕吻 shīwěn, cmn 深吻 shēnwěn, cmn 法式接吻 fǎshì jiēwěn
Czech: cs francouzský polibek m, cs francouzák m
Danish: da tungekys n
Dutch: nl tongzoen m, nl tongkus m
Emilian: egl bêś a la francéśa m
Esperanto: eo franca kiso
Estonian: et keelesuudlus
Finnish: fi kielisuudelma, fi kielari
French: fr baiser florentin m, fr baiser colombin m, fr baiser amoureux m, fr baiser profond m, fr baiser lingual m, colloquial fr patin m, fr pelle f, fr galoche f, Québec fr french m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy tongtút c, fy tongepat c
Galician: gl bico francés m
Georgian: ka მოჯიგრა, ka ჩაზასა, ka მიზასა
German: de Zungenkuss m
Greek: el γλωσσόφιλο n, el γαλλικό φιλί n
Hebrew: he נְשִׁיקָה צָרְפָתִית f nəšīqå̄h ṣå̄rəp̄å̄ṯīṯ
Hungarian: hu nyelves csók
Icelandic: is sleikur m, is tungukoss m, is franskur koss m
Indonesian: id ciuman Perancis
Interlingua: ia basio a lingua
Italian: it bacio alla francese m, dated it bacio alla fiorentina m, colloquial it slinguata f, it limonata f
Japanese: ja ディープ・キス dīpu-kisu, ja フレンチ・キス Furenchi-kisu
Korean: ko 프렌치 키스
Latin: la suāvium n, la bāsium linguae n
Lithuanian: lt prancūziškas bučinys m
Mazanderani: mzn فرانسوی خاش, mzn عاشقونه خاش, mzn لو بَیتِن
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb tungekyss m n, nb fransk kyss m n
Nynorsk: nn tungekyss m n, nn fransk kyss m n
Persian: fa بوسه فرانسوی buse farânsavi, fa بوسه عاشقانه buse 'âšeqâne
Polish: pl francuski pocałunek m, pl pocałunek z języczkiem m
Portuguese: pt beijo de língua m, pt beijo francês m, Portugal pt linguado m, pt beijo linguado m
Punjabi: pa ਫਰੈਂਚ ਕਿਸ, pa ਫ਼੍ਰਾਂਸੀਸੀ ਚੁੰਮੀ
Western Punjabi: pnb فرینچ چمی
Russian: ru францу́зский поцелу́й m, ru поцелу́й взасо́с m, ru глубо́кий поцелу́й m, ru поцелу́й с языко́м m
Rwanda-Rundi: rw gusomana kw'abafaransa
Slovene: sl francọ̑ski poljȗb m
Spanish: es beso francés m, es beso con lengua m, es morreo m
Swedish: sv tungkyss c
Tagalog: tl laplapan, tl halik na Pranses, tl halik ng Pranses, tl halik-Pranses
Turkish: tr Fransız öpücüğü
Ukrainian: uk францу́зький поцілу́нок m
Uzbek: uz fransuz boʻsa
Vietnamese: vi cháo lưỡi
Welsh: cy cusan Ffrengig m
Verb
en ambitransitive To give a French kiss, in its various senses.
en 1923 Joseph Manchon Le Slang 130 French kiss, baiser très appuyé.
390 She taught him how to frenchkiss and would stroke his hair.
en French Kissin' w:Chuck Lorre w:Debbie Harry 1986 w:Rockbird French kissin in the USA, French kissin in the USA, yeah, yeah
326 Sick Boy had made a drunken point about HIV transmission and to illustrate it had spent most of the night french-kissing her.
en That's how she pictured him, her French lover, like the deepest kiss that she had ever felt. She who had never French kissed. Sleeping with Houdini: Poems Nin Andrews 76 2007 BOA Editions 1929918992
2013, Fukrey, Mrighdeep Singh Lamba, et al.:Hunny, English captions: Of course! Every time we meet, we French kiss.
Synonyms
en french, en French; en snog UK
Translations
to give a French kiss
Catalan: ca morrejar
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 打茄輪, yue 打車輪
Mandarin: cmn 跟某人舌吻 gēn mǒurén shéwěn
Danish: da tungekysse, da snave
Dutch: nl tongzoenen
Finnish: fi antaa kielisuudelma
French: colloquial fr rouler un patin, fr rouler une pelle, fr rouler une galoche, fr galocher, Québec fr frencher
German: de mit Zunge küssen; de einen Zungenkuss geben; roughly de knutschen; slang de rumlecken
Greek: el φιλάω με γλώσσα
Icelandic: is fara í sleik
Italian: colloquial it limonare, it limonarsi
Latin: la columbōr
Macedonian: mk се мува impf, mk мува impf
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb kline
Persian: fa لب گرفتن lab gereftan
Polish: pl całować całować po francusku
Portuguese: pt beijar de língua
Spanish: colloquial es tranzar, es morrear, es agarrar
Swedish: sv tungkyssa
Yiddish: yi פּאַריזעווען
References
French kiss n 272849 2009
French kiss v 272850 2009
en Sexuality