KS

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ks"

Translingual

Proper noun

KS

1. Kyrgyzstan

Symbol

KS

1. (Kosovo) Unofficial two-letter code for the Republic of Kosovo.

Usage notes

This code is rare outside of Kosovo itself; internationally, the code XK is typically used instead. The equivalent three-letter code is RKS.

2022, Permanent Committee on Geographical Names, Kosovo Toponymic Factfile‎^[1] (Government report):

It is also of note that [...] Kosovo itself often uses KS/RKS.

English

Verb

KS (third-person singular simple present KSs, present participle KSing, simple past and past participle KSed)

1. (online gaming) Initialism of kill steal.

Translations

to kill steal

• Turkish: ks atmak

Proper noun

KS

1. Abbreviation of Kansas (“US state”).
2. Abbreviation of South Kalimantan (“a province of Indonesia”).

Noun

KS

1. (medicine) Initialism of Kaposi's sarcoma.
   • 1991 May 4, Walta Borawksi, “A Sort of Homecoming”, in Gay Community News, page 7:

     Tom Shaheen has AIDS. He has shortness of breath, very little energy much of the time, and KS lesions that are sometimes embarrassing marks and sometimes weapons.

2. (medicine) Initialism of Keutel syndrome.
3. (medicine) Initialism of Kallmann syndrome.
4. (medicine) Initialism of Klinefelter syndrome.
5. (online gaming) Initialism of kill steal.
6. (UK, education) Initialism of key stage.
7. Initialism of knowledge sharing.

Derived terms

• (kill steal): KSer (“kill stealer”)

Anagrams

• SK, sk, sk.

Chinese

Alternative forms

• ks

Etymology

Initialism of 其實／其实 (kei⁴ sat⁶).

Adverb

KS

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, text messaging) Synonym of 其實／其实 (kei⁴ sat⁶)

Danish

Alternative forms

• K_s

Symbol

K_S

1. (chemistry) K_a

German

Symbol

K_S

1. (chemistry) K_a

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ke̞ːe̞sɨ]

Noun

KS(ケーエス) • (kēesu) 

1. (Internet slang) Short for 既読スルー (kidoku surū).