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quiche.

quiche

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/kiʃ/
  1. quiche

    feminine
  2. slap; blow, strike

    colloquial · feminine
  3. a completely unskilled person

    colloquial · derogatory · feminine
Where this word comes from

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/kiʃ/
  1. puke, vomit

    feminine · slang
Where this word comes from

From esquicher.

verb/kiʃ/
  1. inflection of quicher: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of quicher: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

From esquicher.

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