cuina
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See also: cuinà
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Catalan coïna (with stress subsequently moved to the first vowel), from older cozina, from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna. Compare Occitan cosina.
Noun
cuina f (plural cuines)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
Verb
cuina
- inflection of cuinar:
Further reading
- “cuina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cuina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “cuina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cuina” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
A Hispanicized feminine form of English queen.
Pronunciation
Noun
cuina f (plural cuinas)
- (usually informal, Costa Rica, Mexico) queen (playing card)
- Synonym: reina
References
- Miguel Ángel Quesada Pacheco (2007) Nuevo diccionario de costarriqueñismos, 4th edition, Editorial Tecnológica de Costa Rica, page 155
Further reading
- “cuina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10