# quinoa
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈkiːn.wɑː/, /kiːˈnəʊ.ə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈkin.wɑ/, /kiˈnoʊ.ə/
* Rhymes: -əʊə

### Noun

quinoa (countable and uncountable, plural quinoas)
* A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.
** 1997, Derek B. Munro, Ernest Small, Vegetables of Canada, page 142:Chenopodium quinoa Will, (quinoa) is native to the Andes, and the seeds are a staple grain in parts of South America. The newly formed Canadian Quinoa Association anticipated growing about 400 ha of quinoa annually (Anonymous 1992e).
** 1999 October, Lisa Turner, “Have fun exploring the land of unconventional grains”, in Better Nutrition, page 70:Quinoa was cultivated about 3,000 years ago in the Andes mountain region, and was the favored crop of the Incas, who used it as a sacred plant in rituals.
** 2007, Chittaranjan Kole, Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops, page 148:The oldest archeological remains of domesticated quinoa date to 5000 BC (Tapia 1979).
* The high-protein dried fruits and seeds of this plant, used as a food staple and ground into flour.
** 2007, Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food, page 560:Turn the heat up to medium-high, add the quinoa, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
** 2007, Jonny Bowden, The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, page 78:Quinoa is another of those foods that keeps getting miscategorized—everyone thinks it′s a grain, everyone uses it like a grain, but it′s actually a seed.
** 2009, Miriam Backes, Bob′s Red Mill Cookbook: Whole & Healthy Grains for Every Meal of the Day, page 104:To use quinoa in a salad, spread it on a platter or baking sheet after cooking to allow it to cool and, more importantly, dry. Cooked quinoa can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

#### Descendants

* → Welsh: cwinoa
* → Korean: 퀴노아 (kwinoa)

#### Translations
### Further reading

* quinoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Chenopodium quinoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

### Anagrams

* Aquino

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

### Noun

quinoa f (plural quinoes)
* quinoa

### Further reading

* “quinoa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “quinoa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “quinoa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkin.ʋaː/, /kinˈʋaː/, /ˈki.noː.aː/, /kiˈnoː.aː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: qui‧noa

### Noun

quinoa m (plural quinoa's)
* quinoa, Chenopodium quinoa
    Synonym: gierstmelde
    Hypernym: ganzenvoet
* (uncountable) the seeds of the quinoa
    Synonym: gierstmelde

#### Derived terms

* quinoakut

### Further reading

* quinoa on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki.nɔ.a/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

quinoa m or f (plural quinoas)
* quinoa

#### Usage notes

Traditionally a masculine noun but with frequent feminine usage.

### Further reading

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

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiˈnɔ.a/
* Rhymes: -ɔa
* Hyphenation: qui‧nò‧a

### Noun

quinoa m or f (masculine plural invariable, feminine plural quinoe)
* quinoa

### Further reading

* quinoa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* Aquino

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* quinua

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kiˈno.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /kiˈno.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kiˈno.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kiˈno.ɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kiˈno.ɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /kiˈno(w).ɐ/
* Homophone: quinou-a (Portugal)
* Hyphenation: qui‧no‧a

### Noun

quinoa f (plural quinoas)
* quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa, a pseudocereal of the Andes)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua kinuwa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiˈnoa/ [kiˈno.a]
* Rhymes: -oa
* Syllabification: qui‧no‧a

### Noun

quinoa f (plural quinoas)
* Alternative form of quinua

### Further reading

* “quinoa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10