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quinoa

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈkiːn.wɑː/
  • UK: /kiːˈnəʊ.ə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈkin.wɑ/
  • US: /kiˈnoʊ.ə/
  • rhymes with -əʊə
  • CMU ARPABET: K IY2 N OW1 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The high-protein dried fruits and seeds of this plant, used as a food staple and ground into flour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.

Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كِينْوَا (kīnwā) — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Arabic: كينوا (kīnwa) — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Basque: kinoa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Catalan: quinoa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Chinese Cantonese: 藜麥 /藜麦 (lai4 mak6) — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Chinese Mandarin: 印地安麥 /印地安麦 (yìndì'ān mài) — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藜麥 /藜麦 (límài) — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奎藜 (kuílí) — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小小米 (xiǎoxiǎomǐ) — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Chinese Mandarin: 灰米 (huīmǐ) — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Chinese Mandarin: 昆諾阿藜 /昆诺阿藜 (kūnnuò'ālí) — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Dutch: quinoa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Dutch: gierstmelde — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Esperanto: kvinoo — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Finnish: kvinoa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Finnish: kinua — Chenopodium quinoa
  • French: quinoa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • German: Quinoa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Hebrew: קינואה — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Hungarian: kinoa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Indonesian: kinoa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Italian: quinoa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Japanese: キヌア (kinua) — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Korean: 퀴노아 (kwinoa) — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Latvian: kinoja — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Māori: kīnoa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Nepali: किन्वा (kinwā) — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Pashto: کنوه — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Persian: کنوه (kenva) — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Polish: kwinoa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Polish: komosa ryżowa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Portuguese: quinoa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Portuguese: quinua — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Quechua: kinwa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Quechua: kinuwa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Romanian: quinoa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Russian: квино́а (kvinóa) — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Russian: кино́а (kinóa) — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Slovene: kvinoja — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Spanish: quinua — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Spanish: quínoa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Spanish: quinoa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Swedish: mjölmålla — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Swedish: quinoa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Turkish: kinoa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Welsh: cwinoa — Chenopodium quinoa
  • Yiddish: קינוואַ (kinva) — Chenopodium quinoa