quiche

See also: quiché and Quiché

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːʃ/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -iːʃ

Noun

quiche (countable and uncountable, plural quiches)

1. A pie made primarily of eggs and cream in a pastry crust. Other ingredients such as chopped meat or vegetables are often added to the eggs before the quiche is baked.

Translations

a kind of pie

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 法式蛋批 (Faat³ sik¹ daan⁶ pai¹), 蛋批 (daan⁶ pai¹)

  Mandarin: 法式鹹派／法式咸派 (fǎshì xiápài), 法式咸派 (Fǎshì xiánpài), 基切 (jīqiè), 什錦烘餅／什锦烘饼, 什锦烘饼 (shíjǐn hōngbǐng)

• Finnish: ranskalainen piiras, piiras (fi)
• French: quiche (fr) f
• German: Quiche (de) f
• Greek: κις n (kis)
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• Japanese: キッシュ (kisshu)
• Korean: 키슈 (kisyu)
• Portuguese: quiche (pt) m or f
• Russian: киш (ru) m (kiš)
• Spanish: quiche (es) f
• Swedish: paj (sv) c, quiche (sv) c

Adjective

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

• chequi

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiʃ/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

quiche f (plural quiches)

1. (cooking) quiche
2. (colloquial) slap; blow, strike

Synonyms

• (quiche): ouiche
• (slap): tarte
• (slap): gifle

Descendants

• → Dutch: quiche
• → English: quiche
  • → Japanese: キッシュ (kisshu)
  • → Korean: 키슈 (kisyu)
• → German: Quiche
• → Greek: κις (kis)
• → Portuguese: quiche
• → Russian: киш (kiš)
• → Spanish: quiche

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms

Verb

quiche

1. first-person singular present indicative of quicher
2. third-person singular present indicative of quicher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of quicher
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of quicher
5. second-person singular imperative of quicher

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• chique

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French quiche.

Noun

quiche f or m (plural quiches)

1. quiche (pie made of eggs and cream)

Usage notes

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

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French quiche.

Noun

quiche m or f (plural quiches)

1. quiche (pie made from eggs)

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001