# quiche
## 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.
The sexually alluring sense originates from the 2013 Australian TV sitcom Ja'mie: Private School Girl, where it is defined as "a step above hot".

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiːʃ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːʃ

### Noun

quiche (countable and uncountable, plural quiches)
* A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.

#### Derived terms

* coronation quiche
* quiche-eater
* quichelike
* quichey
* real men don't eat quiche

#### Related terms

* quiche lorraine

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: キッシュ (kisshu)
* → Korean: 키슈 (kisyu)

#### Translations
### Adjective

quiche (comparative more quiche, superlative most quiche)
* (slang) Extremely appealing to look at; sexually alluring.
    I'm not even bragging, but me and my friends are pretty much quiche.

### Anagrams

* chequi

## Dutch
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French quiche. Doublet of koek.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiʃ/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: qui‧che

### Noun

quiche f (plural quiches, diminutive quicheje n)
* quiche

#### Derived terms

* groentequiche
* visquiche

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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.

#### Noun

quiche f (plural quiches)
* (cooking) quiche
    Synonym: ouiche
* (colloquial) slap; blow, strike
    Synonym: gifle
* (colloquial, derogatory) a completely unskilled person
    Synonyms: nul, zéro
** 2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 33:Il avait dit quelque chose de désagréable comme « elle a l’air tellement quiche celle-là je préfère encore me taper une meuf en plastique » et Alexandre avait ri jaune.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Descendants

* → Danish: quiche
* → Dutch: quiche
* → English: quiche
** → Japanese: キッシュ (kisshu)
** → Korean: 키슈 (kisyu)
* → Esperanto: kiŝo
* → German: Quiche
* → Greek: κις (kis)
* → Polish: quiche, kisz
* → Portuguese: quiche
* → Russian: киш (kiš)
* → Spanish: quiche
* → Swedish: quiche
* → Thai: กิช (gìch)

### Etymology 2

From esquicher.

#### Noun

quiche f (plural quiches)
* (slang) puke, vomit

#### Verb

quiche
* inflection of quicher:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* chique

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* kisz

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French quiche.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkiʂ/
* Rhymes: -iʂ
* Syllabification: quiche

### Noun

quiche m inan
* quiche (savoury pie)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* quiche in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French quiche, from Rhine Franconian Küeche, from Old High German kuohho. Doublet of cuca.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈki.ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈki.ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈki.ʃe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈki.ʃɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈki.ʃɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈki.t͡ʃɨ/
* Hyphenation: qui‧che

### Noun

quiche (Portugal, Brazil) f or (Brazil) m (plural quiches)
* 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.

### References

* ↑ Helena Figueira (2015 October 29 (last accessed)) “Dúvida Linguística: género de quiche”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French quiche. Doublet of kuchen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkiʃ/ [ˈkiʃ]
** Rhymes: -iʃ
* IPA: /ˈkit͡ʃe/ [ˈki.t͡ʃe]
** Rhymes: -itʃe
** Syllabification: qui‧che

### Noun

quiche m or f same meaning (plural quiches)
* quiche (pie made from eggs)
    Synonym: tarta

#### Further reading

* “quiche”, 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