quinoa

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːn.wɑː/, /kiːˈnəʊ.ə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkin.wɑ/, /kiˈnoʊ.ə/
• Rhymes: -əʊə

quinoa (countable and uncountable, plural quinoas)

2. A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.
   • 1997, Derek B. Munro, Ernest Small, Vegetables of Canada, page 142:

     Chenopodium quinoa Will, (quinoa) is native to the Andes, and the seeds are a staple grain in parts of South America. The newly formed Canadian Quinoa Association anticipated growing about 400 ha of quinoa annually (Anonymous 1992e).

   • 1999 October, Lisa Turner, “Have fun exploring the land of unconventional grains”, in Better Nutrition, page 70:

     Quinoa was cultivated about 3,000 years ago in the Andes mountain region, and was the favored crop of the Incas, who used it as a sacred plant in rituals.

   • 2007, Chittaranjan Kole, Pulses, Sugar and Tuber Crops, page 148:

     The oldest archeological remains of domesticated quinoa date to 5000 BC (Tapia 1979).

4. The high-protein dried fruits and seeds of this plant, used as a food staple and ground into flour.
   • 2007, Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food, page 560:

     Turn the heat up to medium-high, add the quinoa, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

   • 2007, Jonny Bowden, The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, page 78:

     Quinoa is another of those foods that keeps getting miscategorized—everyone thinks it′s a grain, everyone uses it like a grain, but it′s actually a seed.

   • 2009, Miriam Backes, Bob′s Red Mill Cookbook: Whole & Healthy Grains for Every Meal of the Day, page 104:

     To use quinoa in a salad, spread it on a platter or baking sheet after cooking to allow it to cool and, more importantly, dry. Cooked quinoa can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

• → Welsh: cwinoa
• → Korean: 퀴노아 (kwinoa)

• quinoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chenopodium quinoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• Aquino

From Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

quinoa f (plural quinoes)

1. quinoa

• “quinoa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “quinoa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “quinoa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkin.ʋaː/, /kinˈʋaː/, /ˈki.noː.aː/, /kiˈnoː.aː/

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• Hyphenation: qui‧noa

quinoa m (plural quinoa's)

1. quinoa, Chenopodium quinoa

   Synonym: gierstmelde

   Hypernym: ganzenvoet

2. (uncountable) the seeds of the quinoa

   Synonym: gierstmelde

• quinoa on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

• IPA^(key): /ki.nɔ.a/

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quinoa m or f (plural quinoas)

1. quinoa

Traditionally a masculine noun but with frequent feminine usage.

• “quinoa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

• IPA^(key): /kiˈnɔ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɔa
• Hyphenation: qui‧nò‧a

quinoa m or f (masculine plural invariable, feminine plural quinoe)

1. quinoa

• quinoa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Aquino

• quinua

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

• Homophone: quinou-a (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: qui‧no‧a

quinoa f (plural quinoas)

1. quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa, a pseudocereal of the Andes)

Borrowed from Quechua kinuwa.

• IPA^(key): /kiˈnoa/ [kiˈno.a]
• Rhymes: -oa
• Syllabification: qui‧no‧a

quinoa f (plural quinoas)

1. alternative form of quinua

• “quinoa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024