quiche

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/kiːʃ/

noun

A pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.

“I'm not even bragging, but me and my friends are pretty much quiche.”

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Quiche language
OriginFrench quiche ← Rhine Franconian Küeche ← Middle High German kuoche →
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Meanings

nounquiche (countable and uncountable, plural quiches)

plural quiches

  1. countableuncountableA pie made primarily of egg and cream, perhaps mixed with chopped meat or vegetables, in a pastry crust.
adjectivequiche (comparative more quiche, superlative most quiche)

comparative more quiche · superlative most quiche

  1. slangExtremely appealing to look at; sexually alluring.

    I'm not even bragging, but me and my friends are pretty much quiche.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe Mayan language spoken by the Quiche

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Quiche language
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gog-“ball-shaped object”
  2. Proto-Germanic*kōkô
  3. Old High Germankuocho
  4. Middle High Germankuoche
  5. Rhine FranconianKüeche“cake”
  6. Frenchquiche
  7. Englishquiche

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".

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Translations

Afrikaans quiche, souttert
  • quichea kind of pie
  • soutterta kind of pie
Chinese Cantonese 法式蛋批, 蛋批
  • 法式蛋批 (faat³ sik¹ daan⁶ pai¹)a kind of pie
  • 蛋批 (daan⁶ pai¹)a kind of pie
Chinese Mandarin 法式鹹派 /法式咸派, 基切
  • 法式鹹派 /法式咸派 (fǎshì xiánpài)a kind of pie
  • 基切 (jīqiè)a kind of pie
  • 什錦烘餅 /什锦烘饼 (shíjǐn hōngbǐng)a kind of pie
Esperanto kiŝo
  • kiŝoa kind of pie
Finnish ranskalainen piiras, piiras
  • ranskalainen piirasa kind of pie
  • piirasa kind of pie
  • quichea kind of pie
French quiche
  • quichea kind of pie
German Quiche
  • Quichea kind of pie
Greek κις
  • κις (kis)a kind of pie
Hebrew קִישׁ
  • קִישׁ (qish)a kind of pie
Hindi कीश
  • कीश (kīś)a kind of pie
Japanese キッシュ
  • キッシュ (kisshu)a kind of pie
Korean 키슈
  • 키슈 (kisyu)a kind of pie
Māori kīhihi
  • kīhihia kind of pie
Polish kisz
  • kisza kind of pie
Portuguese quiche
  • quichea kind of pie
Russian киш
  • киш (kiš)a kind of pie
Spanish quiche
  • quichea kind of pie
Swedish paj, quiche
  • paja kind of pie
  • quichea kind of pie

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with quiche

nicheleashunleashficheLaoissheeshhashishcornichepasticheguichebabichebaksheeshcoppisheeshjeeshLaoighisLeixtreesh
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Cite this entry
APA

quiche. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quiche

MLA

“quiche.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quiche. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quiche,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quiche.

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