French kiss

See also: French-kiss

English

In use since the beginning of 20th century: likely from the reputation the French had for more adventurous and passionate sex practices.

French kiss (plural French kisses)

(idiomatic) A kiss (or the act of kissing) that involves contact of both persons' tongues.
Synonyms: cataglottis, snog, soul kiss, tongue kiss

tongue kiss

Arabic: قُبْلَة فَرَنْسِيَّة‎ f (qubla(t) faransiyya)
Bengali: ফরাসি চুম্বন (phôrasi cumbôn)
Burmese: ဖရင့်ကစ် (hpa.rang.kac)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 舌吻 (zh) (shéwěn), 濕吻 (zh), 湿吻 (zh) (shīwěn), 深吻 (shēnwěn), 法式接吻 (fǎshì jiēwěn)
Czech: francouzský polibek m, francouzák (cs) m
Danish: tungekys n
Dutch: tongzoen (nl) m, tongkus (nl) m
Emilian: bêś a la francéśa m
Estonian: keelesuudlus
Finnish: kielisuudelma, kielari (fi)
French: baiser florentin (fr) m, baiser colombin (fr) m, baiser amoureux m, baiser profond m, baiser lingual (fr) m, (colloquial) patin (fr) m, pelle (fr) f, galoche (fr) f, (Québec) french (fr) m
Galician: bico francés m
German: Zungenkuss (de) m, französischer Kuss (de)
Greek: γλωσσόφιλο (el) n (glossófilo), γαλλικό φιλί (el) n (gallikó filí)
Hebrew: נְשִׁיקָה צָרְפָתִית‎ (he) f (nəšīqå̄h ṣå̄rəp̄å̄ṯīṯ)
Hungarian: nyelves csók
Icelandic: sleikur m, tungukoss m, franskur koss m
Indonesian: ciuman Perancis
Interlingua: basio a lingua
Italian: bacio alla francese m, bacio con la lingua m, bacio appassionato m, (dated) bacio alla fiorentina m, (colloquial) slinguata f, limonata (it) f
Japanese: ディープ・キス (dīpu-kisu), フレンチ・キス (Furenchi-kisu)

Korean: 프렌치 키스 (peurenchi kiseu)
Latin: suāvium n, bāsium linguae n
Lithuanian: prancūziškas bučinys m
Mazanderani: فرانسوی خاش‎, عاشقونه خاش‎, لو بَیتِن‎
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tungekyss m or n, fransk kyss m or n

Nynorsk: tungekyss m or n, fransk kyss m or n
Persian: بوسه فرانسوی‎ (buse farânsavi), بوسه عاشقانه‎ (buse 'âšeqâne)
Polish: francuski pocałunek (pl) m, pocałunek z języczkiem (pl) m
Portuguese: beijo de língua m, beijo francês m, (Portugal) linguado (pt) m, beijo linguado m
Punjabi: ਫਰੈਂਚ ਕਿਸ (pharaeñch kis), ਫ਼੍ਰਾਂਸੀਸੀ ਚੁੰਮੀ (frānsīsī chummī)
Russian: францу́зский поцелу́й (ru) m (francúzskij pocelúj), поцелу́й взасо́с m (pocelúj vzasós), глубо́кий поцелу́й m (glubókij pocelúj), поцелу́й с языко́м m (pocelúj s jazykóm)
Rwanda-Rundi: gusomana kw'abafaransa
Slovene: francọ̑ski poljȗb m
Spanish: beso francés m, beso con lengua (es) m, morreo (es) m
Swedish: tungkyss c
Tagalog: laplapan, halik na Pranses, halik ng Pranses, halik-Pranses
Turkish: Fransız öpücüğü
Ukrainian: францу́зький поцілу́нок m (francúzʹkyj pocilúnok)
Uzbek: fransuz boʻsa
West Frisian: tongtút c, tongepat c
Western Panjabi: فرینچ چمی‎

French kiss (third-person singular simple present French kisses, present participle French kissing, simple past and past participle French kissed)

(idiomatic, transitive) To give someone a French kiss.
- 2007, Nin Andrews, Sleeping with Houdini: Poems, BOA Editions, →ISBN, page 76:
  That's how she pictured him, her French lover, like the deepest kiss that she had ever felt. She who had never French kissed.
Synonyms: snog, french, French
(intransitive) To kiss in this manner.

to give someone a French kiss

Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 跟某人舌吻 (gēn mǒurén shéwěn)
Danish: tungekysse
Dutch: tongzoenen (nl)
Finnish: antaa kielisuudelma
French: (colloquial) rouler un patin (fr), rouler une pelle (fr), rouler une galoche (fr), galocher (fr), bécoter (fr), (Québec) frencher (fr)
German: mit Zunge küssen; einen Zungenkuss geben; (roughly) knutschen (de); (slang) rumlecken
Greek: φιλάω με γλώσσα (filáo me glóssa)
Icelandic: fara í sleik
Italian: (colloquial) limonare (it), limonarsi

to kiss in this manner

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