Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

quiche en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /kiːʃ/
  • (Australia) audio

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".

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most quiche Degree=Sup lexicographic
more quiche Degree=Cmp lexicographic

wikipedia: Ja'mie: Private School Girl

quiche en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /kiːʃ/
  • (Australia) audio

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".

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
quiches Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

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

Descendants

キッシュ · 키슈

Relateds

quiche lorraine

Translations (24)

es quiche (a kind of pie) · hi कीश (a kind of pie) · el κις (a kind of pie) · sv paj (a kind of pie) · cmn 法式鹹派 /法式咸派 (a kind of pie) · pt quiche (a kind of pie) · sv quiche (a kind of pie) · fi ranskalainen piiras (a kind of pie) · ja キッシュ (a kind of pie) · fi quiche (a kind of pie) · fi piiras (a kind of pie) · af quiche (a kind of pie) · eo kiŝo (a kind of pie) · yue 法式蛋批 (a kind of pie) · cmn 基切 (a kind of pie) · af souttert (a kind of pie) · ko 키슈 (a kind of pie) · de Quiche (a kind of pie) · fr quiche (a kind of pie) · yue 蛋批 (a kind of pie) · cmn 什錦烘餅 /什锦烘饼 (a kind of pie) · pl kisz (a kind of pie) · ru киш (a kind of pie) · mi kīhihi (a kind of pie)

wikipedia: Ja'mie: Private School Girl