cuina

See also: cuinà

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan coïna, from Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *cocīna, from Latin coquīna, whence also Occitan cosina, French cuisine, Galician cociña, Italian cucina, Portuguese cozinha, Spanish cocina, and ultimately English kitchen, Dutch keuken and German Küche.

Pronunciation

Noun

cuina f (plural cuines)

  1. kitchen
  2. cookery, cuisine
  3. cooker, stove

Derived terms

Verb

cuina

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of cuinar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of cuinar

Spanish

Etymology

A Hispanicized feminine form of English queen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwina/

Noun

cuina f (plural cuinas)

  1. (usually informal, Costa Rica, Mexico) queen (playing card)

Synonyms

References

  • Miguel Ángel Quesada Pacheco (2007) Nuevo diccionario de costarriqueñismos, 4th edition edition, Editorial Tecnológica de Costa Rica, page 155
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