quiche
A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables,…A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.
» Do you like quiche?
Ти любиш кіш?
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.
Quiche
кишkiš
- the Mayan language spoken by the Quiche
- a tart filled with rich unsweetened custard; often contains other ingredients (as cheese or ham or seafood or vegetables)
- a member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala
Examples
9 sentencesDo you like quiche?
Ти любиш кіш?
Tom never eats quiche.
Did you like the quiche?
She makes delicious quiches for us.
deSie backt wohlschmeckende Quiches für uns.
She wants to slice cheese for the quiches.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from French quiche, from Lorraine Rhine Franconian Küeche (“cake”), from Middle HBorrowed 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.
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Forms
plural: quichesSynonyms
1 synonyms- the Mayan language spoken by the Quiche:Quiche language
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable