quechua

See also: Quechua and quéchua

Danish

Etymology

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Noun

quechua

1. The Quechua language.

French

Alternative forms

• quichua, kechua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke.ʃɥa/, /ket.ʃwa/ ~ /kɛt.ʃwa/, /ket.ʃu.wa/ ~ /kɛt.ʃu.wa/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Agen)):

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Noun

quechua m (uncountable)

1. the Quechua language

Further reading

• “quechua”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

Alternative forms

• quíchua (reintegrationist)

Adjective

quechua m or f (plural quechuas)

1. Quechuan

Noun

quechua m or f by sense (plural quechuas)

1. a member of the Quechua people

Noun

quechua m (uncountable)

1. Quechua (language)

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈke.tʃwa/

Proper noun

quechua

1. Quechua (language)

Italian

Alternative forms

• quichua
• checiua, chiciua

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.t͡ʃwa/

Adjective

quechua (invariable)

1. Quechua (all senses)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish quechua.

Adjective

quechua m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. Quechua

Declension

Declension of quechua (invariable)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	quechua		quechua	quechua	quechua
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive- dative	indefinite	quechua		quechua	quechua	quechua
	definite	—		—	—	—

Noun

quechua m (plural quechua)

1. Quechua

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	quechua	quechuaul	quechua	quechuai
genitive-dative	quechua	quechuaului	quechua	quechualor
vocative	quechuaule		quechualor

Spanish

Alternative forms

• kichwa
• quichua (Ecuador)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Quechua qichwa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈket͡ʃwa/ [ˈke.t͡ʃwa]

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -etʃwa
• Syllabification: que‧chua

Adjective

quechua m or f (masculine and feminine plural quechuas)

1. Quechuan

Noun

quechua m or f by sense (plural quechuas)

1. Quechua (member of one of several South American ethnic groups)

Noun

quechua m (uncountable)

1. Quechua (language)

Further reading

• “quechua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025