cuina

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈkuj.nə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈkuj.na] === 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) kitchen cookery, cuisine cooker, stove ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== coure cuinar culinari === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== cuina inflection of cuinar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “cuina”, 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 “cuina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “cuina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cuina”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Spanish == === Etymology === A Hispanicized feminine form of English queen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkwina/ [ˈkwi.na] Rhymes: -ina Syllabification: cui‧na === 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025