different between galette vs quiche

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French galette.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /???l?t/
• Hyphenation: ga?lette

Noun

galette (plural galettes)

1. A type of flat, round cake from France.
2. Clipping of Breton galette: a crêpe or pancake made with buckwheat flour, and often with a savoury filling, originally from Upper Brittany in France.

Hypernyms

• cake
• crêpe

Translations

Further reading

• galette on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Feminine form of galet (“pebble; disk-shaped object”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.l?t/

Noun

galette f (plural galettes)

1. galette
2. (colloquial) dough, dosh, bread
3. (Louisiana) cookie
4. (Métis) bannock, frybread

Derived terms

• galette des rois

Descendants

• ? Catalan: galeta
• ? English: galette
• ? Spanish: galleta (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “galette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Alternative forms

• galaette (Guernsey)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

galette f (plural galettes)

1. (Jersey) cookie, biscuit
2. (Jersey) thrashing

   Synonyms: achouêmie, astitcheuse, brûlée, dêgêlée, êcaûffeuse, rosseteuse

Derived terms

• galette à vrai

English

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 *k?kô (English cookie), from Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“ball-shaped object”), whence also English cake (via Proto-Germanic *kak? (“cake”)). Compare Persian ????? (kuku, “quiche”). More at cake.

(sexually alluring): Invented for the 2013 Australian TV sitcom Ja'mie: Private School Girl, where it is defined as "a step above hot".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki??/
• Rhymes: -i??

Noun

quiche (countable and uncountable, plural quiches)

1. A pie made primarily of eggs and cream in a pastry crust. Other ingredients such as chopped meat or vegetables are often added to the eggs before the quiche is baked.

Translations

Adjective

quiche (comparative more quiche, superlative most quiche)

1. (slang) Extremely appealing to look at; sexually alluring.

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

Anagrams

• chequi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki?/

Etymology 1

From Lorraine Rhine Franconian Küeche, from Middle High German kuoche, from Old High German kuocho, kuohho, from Proto-Germanic *k?kô, from Proto-Indo-European *gog (“ball-shaped object”). First attested in French in 1805. More at cake.

Noun

quiche f (plural quiches)

1. (cooking) quiche
2. (colloquial) slap; blow, strike

Synonyms

• (quiche): ouiche
• (slap): tarte
• (slap): gifle

Descendants

• ? Danish: quiche
• ? Dutch: quiche
• ? English: quiche
  • ? Japanese: ???? (kisshu)
  • ? Korean: ?? (kisyu)
• ? German: Quiche
• ? Greek: ??? (kis)
• ? Portuguese: quiche
• ? Russian: ??? (kiš)
• ? Spanish: quiche

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms

Verb

quiche

1. first-person singular present indicative of quicher
2. third-person singular present indicative of quicher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of quicher
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of quicher
5. second-person singular imperative of quicher

Further reading

• “quiche” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• chique

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French quiche.

Noun

quiche f or m (in variation) (plural quiches)

1. quiche (pie made of eggs and cream)

Usage notes

In Portugal quiche is mostly used as a feminine noun whereas Brazil shows a more mixed m/f usage.

References

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French quiche.

Noun

quiche m or f (plural quiches)

1. quiche (pie made from eggs)

Further reading

• “quiche” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.