Phrase guide

blue cheese

noun · 3 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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  • blo͞o chēzʹ
  • General-American: /blu ˈtʃiz/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /bluː ˈtʃiːz/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːz

1

noun

Meaning 1

A kind of cheese made with bluish mold in it.

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

Ellipsis of blue cheese dressing

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

cheese containing a blue mold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bleu

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cheese

Narrower terms: Stilton, Roquefort, gorgonzola, Danish blue, Bavarian blue

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: جُبْنَة زَرْقَاء (jubna zarqāʔ) — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Arabic: ركفورد (rekford) — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Chinese Cantonese: 藍芝士 /蓝芝士 — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Chinese Mandarin: 藍乾酪 /蓝干酪 (lángānlào) — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Czech: niva — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Danish: blåskimmelost — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Danish: blå ost — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Dutch: blauwschimmelkaas — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Esperanto: blua fromaĝo — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Estonian: sinihallitusjuust — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Finnish: sinihomejuusto — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • French: fromage bleu — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • French: bleu — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • German: Blauschimmelkäse — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Greek: μπλε τυρί (ble tyrí) — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Hebrew: גְּבִינָה כְּחֻלָּה (g'viná k'khulá) — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Icelandic: gráðostur — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Italian: formaggio erborinato — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Japanese: ブルーチーズ (burūchīzu) — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Korean: 블루 치즈 (beullu chijeu) — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Kyrgyz: көк сыр (kök sır) — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Maltese: ġobon tat-tursina — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blåost — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blåmuggost — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Polish: niebieski ser — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Polish: ser pleśniowy — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Portuguese: queijo azul — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Romanian: brânză cu mucegai — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Russian: голубо́й сыр (golubój syr) — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Spanish: queso azul — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Swedish: mögelost — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Swedish: ädelost — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Swedish: blåmögelost — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Swedish: grönmögelost — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Tagalog: kesong asul — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Turkish: mavi damarlı peynir — kind of cheese with bluish mold
  • Turkish: mavi küflü peynir — kind of cheese with bluish mold