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quiche
1[ keesh ]
noun
- a pielike dish consisting of an unsweetened pastry shell filled with a custard and usually containing cheese and other ingredients, as vegetables, seafood, or ham:
spinach quiche.
Quiché
2[ kee-chey ]
noun
- a Mayan language of Guatemala.
quiche
/ kiːʃ /
noun
- an open savoury tart with a rich custard filling to which bacon, onion, cheese, etc, are added
quiche Lorraine
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quiche1
French, from German Kuchen cake
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Example Sentences
He could only talk his native Quiché, but Roezl made out that he was going to the village—sent him ahead, and followed rejoicing.
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In the north-east of Guatemala are the ruins of another city, the capital of the province of Quiché.
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But these fellows only spoke Quiché, and they were sullen dogs.
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The name of the lightning in Quiché is cak ul ha, literally, “fire coming from water.”
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In the Quiché dialects tepeu is one of the common appellations of divinity and is also translated lord or ruler.
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