quiche

[ keesh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

[ kee-chey ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

quiche

/ kiːʃ /

an open savoury tart with a rich custard filling to which bacon, onion, cheese, etc, are added
quiche Lorraine

Origin of quiche¹

1945–50; < French < German (dial.) Küche, diminutive of Küchen cake

Origin of quiche¹

French, from German Kuchen cake

He could only talk his native Quiché, but Roezl made out that he was going to the village—sent him ahead, and followed rejoicing.

In the north-east of Guatemala are the ruins of another city, the capital of the province of Quiché.

But these fellows only spoke Quiché, and they were sullen dogs.

The name of the lightning in Quiché is cak ul ha, literally, “fire coming from water.”

In the Quiché dialects tepeu is one of the common appellations of divinity and is also translated lord or ruler.

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