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Word entry · 6 letters

quiche

Best crossword clue

"Savory egg pie"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /kiːʃ/Part of speech nounSorted cehiquStarts with QEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
1Q2U3I4C5H6E

Definitions

  1. A savory baked tart with eggs, cream, and fillings such as cheese or vegetables.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

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

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