quiche

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/
• 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.

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiʃ/

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms

Further reading

• “quiche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• chique

Etymology

Borrowed from French quiche.

Noun

quiche f or m (in variation) (plural quiches)

1. quiche (pie made of eggs and cream)

References

Etymology

Borrowed from French quiche.

Noun

quiche m, f (plural quiches)

1. quiche (pie made from eggs)