quiche - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

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Contents English Etymology Pronunciation Noun Adjective Anagrams Dutch Etymology Pronunciation Noun French Pronunciation Etymology 1 Etymology 2 Further reading Anagrams Polish Alternative forms Etymology Pronunciation Noun Further reading Portuguese Etymology Pronunciation Noun References Spanish Etymology Pronunciation Noun References

See also: quiché and Quiché

Contents

  • 1 English
    • 1.1 Etymology
    • 1.2 Pronunciation
    • 1.3 Noun
      • 1.3.1 Derived terms
      • 1.3.2 Related terms
      • 1.3.3 Descendants
      • 1.3.4 Translations
    • 1.4 Adjective
    • 1.5 Anagrams
  • 2 Dutch
    • 2.1 Etymology
    • 2.2 Pronunciation
    • 2.3 Noun
      • 2.3.1 Derived terms
  • 3 French
    • 3.1 Pronunciation
    • 3.2 Etymology 1
      • 3.2.1 Noun
        • 3.2.1.1 Descendants
    • 3.3 Etymology 2
      • 3.3.1 Noun
      • 3.3.2 Verb
    • 3.4 Further reading
    • 3.5 Anagrams
  • 4 Polish
    • 4.1 Alternative forms
    • 4.2 Etymology
    • 4.3 Pronunciation
    • 4.4 Noun
      • 4.4.1 Declension
    • 4.5 Further reading
  • 5 Portuguese
    • 5.1 Etymology
    • 5.2 Pronunciation
    • 5.3 Noun
      • 5.3.1 Usage notes
    • 5.4 References
  • 6 Spanish
    • 6.1 Etymology
    • 6.2 Pronunciation
    • 6.3 Noun
      • 6.3.1 Further reading

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French quiche, from Lorraine Rhine Franconian Küeche (“cake”), from Middle High German kuoche (German Kuchen, English kuchen), from Old High German kuocho, kuohho, from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (English cookie), from Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“ball-shaped object”), whence also English cake (via Proto-Germanic *kakǭ (“cake”)). Compare Persian کوکو (kuku, “quiche”). More at cake.

The sexually alluring sense orignates from the 2013 Australian TV sitcom Ja'mie: Private School Girl, where it is defined as "a step above hot".

Pronunciation

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Noun

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quiche (countable and uncountable, plural quiches)

  1. A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.

Derived terms

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Related terms

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Descendants

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Translations

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a kind of pie

Adjective

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quiche (comparative more quiche, superlative most quiche)

  1. (slang) Extremely appealing to look at; sexually alluring.

    I'm not even bragging, but me and my friends are pretty much quiche.

Anagrams

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Dutch

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quiche - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2)

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French quiche.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kiʃ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: qui‧che

Noun

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quichef (plural quiches, diminutive quichejen)

  1. quiche

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Lorraine Rhine Franconian Küeche, from Middle High German kuoche, from Old High German kuocho, kuohho, from Proto-Germanic *kōkô, from Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“ball-shaped object”). First attested in French in 1805. More at cake.

Noun

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quichef (plural quiches)

  1. (cooking) quiche
    Synonym: ouiche
  2. (colloquial) slap; blow, strike
    Synonym: gifle
  3. (colloquial, derogatory) a completely unskilled person
    Synonyms: nul, zéro
Descendants

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  • → Danish: quiche
  • → Dutch: quiche
  • → English: quiche
  • → Esperanto: kiŝo
  • → German: Quiche
  • → Greek: κις (kis)
  • → Polish: quiche, kisz
  • → Portuguese: quiche
  • → Russian: киш (kiš)
  • → Spanish: quiche
  • → Swedish: quiche
  • → Thai: กิช (gìch)

Etymology 2

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From esquicher.

Noun

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quichef (plural quiches)

  1. (slang) puke, vomit

Verb

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quiche

  1. inflection of quicher:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Polish

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quiche - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (3)

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

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quiche - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (4)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French quiche.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kiʂ/
  • Rhymes: -iʂ
  • Syllabification: quiche

Noun

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quicheminan

  1. quiche (savoury pie)

Declension

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Declension of quiche

singularplural
nominativequichequiche'e
genitivequiche'aquiche'y
dativequiche'owiquiche'om
accusativequichequiche'e
instrumentalquiche'emquiche'ami
locativequiche'uquiche'ach
vocativequiche'uquiche'e

Further reading

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  • quiche in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French quiche. Doublet of cuca.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: qui‧che

Noun

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quiche(Portugal, Brazil) f or (Brazil) m (plural quiches)

  1. quiche (pie made of eggs and cream)

Usage notes

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  • In Portugal quiche is mostly used as a feminine noun whereas Brazil shows a more mixed m/f usage.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Helena Figueira (2015 October 29 (last accessed)) “Dúvida Linguística: género de quiche”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1]

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French quiche. Doublet of kuchen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkiʃ/ [ˈkiʃ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈkit͡ʃe/ [ˈki.t͡ʃe]
    • Rhymes: -itʃe
    • Syllabification: qui‧che

Noun

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quichem or f same meaning (plural quiches)

  1. quiche (pie made from eggs)
    Synonym: tarta

Further reading

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quiche - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

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