kiss
touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting
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Summary
kiss ranks in the top 0.67% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,135 views/month, #523 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: physical intimacy[2]
- Commons category: Kissing[3]
- Unicode character: 😗[4], 💏[5]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kissing[6]
- Commons gallery: Kiss[7]
- Described at URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/science/archaeology-sumeria-kissing.html[8]
- Described by source: The Catholic Encyclopedia[9], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
- Different from: Pocałunek[12], Kiss[13]
- Uses: lip[14]
- Studied by: philematology[15]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
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Influence
Things named for kiss include The Kiss[17], a film[18], directed by Jacques Feyder[19] and Potseluev Bridge[20], a road bridge[21], in Russia[22].
Why It Matters
kiss has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] kiss is known by 120 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]
Entities named for kiss include The Kiss[17], a film[18], directed by Jacques Feyder[19] and Potseluev Bridge[20], a road bridge[21], in Russia[22].