Phrase guide

Cheshire cheese

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A dense and crumbly cheese produced in the English county of Cheshire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

a mild yellow English cheese with a crumbly texture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: cheese

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 柴郡芝士 (Cháijùn zhīshì) — type of cheese
  • Dutch: Cheshire — type of cheese
  • Finnish: cheshire — type of cheese
  • French: cheshire — type of cheese
  • French: chester — type of cheese
  • German: Chesterkäse — type of cheese
  • German: Chester-Käse — type of cheese
  • German: Chester — type of cheese
  • German: Cheshire — type of cheese
  • German: Cheshire-Chääs — type of cheese
  • German: Chester — type of cheese
  • Hebrew: גְּבִינַת־ צ׳שייר — type of cheese
  • Hebrew: גְּבִינַת־ צ׳שר — type of cheese
  • Indonesian: keju Cheshire — type of cheese
  • Japanese: チェシャーチーズ (Cheshā chīzu) — type of cheese
  • Korean: 체셔 치즈 (chesyeo chijeu) — type of cheese
  • Latin: cāseus Castrensis — type of cheese
  • Polish: cheshire — type of cheese
  • Polish: chester — type of cheese
  • Russian: че́стер (čéster) — type of cheese
  • Spanish: Cheshire — type of cheese
  • Swedish: chesterost — type of cheese
  • Swedish: chester-ost — type of cheese
  • Ukrainian: че́шир (čéšyr) — type of cheese
  • Vietnamese: pho mát sexte — type of cheese