Phrase guide

cottage cheese

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A cheese curd product with a mild flavor that is drained but not pressed so some whey remains.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: quark, mató, ricotta, tvorog

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: curd cheese, curds and whey, Dutch cheese, smearcase, pot cheese, farmer cheese, quark, mató, ricotta, tvorog

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pot cheese, farm cheese, farmer's cheese

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cheese

History

Etymology

First known use is from 1831 in the periodical Godey's Lady's Book. Believed to have originated because the simple cheese was usually produced in cottages from any left-over milk after making butter.

Across languages

Translations

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: ахаҷа (axačʼa) — cheese curd product
  • Albanian: gjizë — cheese curd product
  • Northern Altai: пыштак (pïštak) — cheese curd product
  • Southern Altai: быштак (bïštak) — cheese curd product
  • Southern Altai: творог (tvorog) — cheese curd product
  • Arabic: جُبْن قَرِيش (jubn qarīš) — cheese curd product
  • Arabic: جبن (jban) — cheese curd product
  • Armenian: կաթնաշոռ (katʻnašoṙ) — cheese curd product
  • Asturian: cuayada — cheese curd product
  • Asturian: cuayáu — cheese curd product
  • Azerbaijani: kəsmik — cheese curd product
  • Bashkir: эремсек (eremsek) — cheese curd product
  • Basque: gaztanbera — cheese curd product
  • Belarusian: тваро́г (tvaróh) — cheese curd product
  • Bulgarian: извара (izvara) — cheese curd product
  • Bulgarian: тваро́г (tvaróg) — cheese curd product
  • Catalan: mató — cheese curd product
  • Catalan: brull — cheese curd product
  • Chechen: берам (beram) — cheese curd product
  • Chinese Cantonese: 茅屋芝士 — cheese curd product
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白乾酪 /白干酪 (báigānlào) — cheese curd product
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白軟乾酪 /白软干酪 (báiruǎn gānlào) — cheese curd product
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鬆軟乾酪 /松软干酪 (sōngruǎn gānlào) — cheese curd product
  • Chinese Mandarin: 農家乾酪 /农家干酪 (nóngjiā gānlào) — cheese curd product
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鮮乾酪 /鲜干酪 (xiāngānlào) — cheese curd product
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鄉村奶酪 /乡村奶酪 (xiāngcūn nǎilào) — cheese curd product
  • Chinese Mandarin: 農家乳酪 /农家乳酪 (nóngjiā rǔlào) — cheese curd product
  • Chinese Mandarin: 軟白乾酪 /软白干酪 (ruǎnbái gānlào) — cheese curd product
  • Czech: tvaroh — cheese curd product
  • Danish: hytteost — cheese curd product
  • Dutch: huttenkaas — cheese curd product
  • Dutch: hüttenkäse — cheese curd product
  • Dutch: cottage cheese — cheese curd product
  • Erzya: топо (topo) — cheese curd product
  • Esperanto: kazeo — cheese curd product
  • Estonian: kohupiim — cheese curd product
  • Estonian: kodujuust — cheese curd product
  • Faroese: kovaostur — cheese curd product
  • Finnish: raejuusto — cheese curd product
  • French: fromage blanc — cheese curd product
  • French: faisselle — cheese curd product
  • French: fromage frais — cheese curd product
  • French: quark — cheese curd product
  • Galician: requeixo — cheese curd product
  • Georgian: ხაჭო (xač̣o) — cheese curd product
  • German: Hüttenkäse — cheese curd product
  • German: Quark — cheese curd product
  • Greek: ανθότυρο (anthótyro) — cheese curd product
  • Ancient Greek: πυριάτη (puriátē) — cheese curd product
  • Hebrew: קוֹטֶג׳ (kótej) — cheese curd product
  • Hebrew: גְּבִינַת קוֹטֶג׳ (g'vinát-kótej) — cheese curd product
  • Hungarian: túró — cheese curd product
  • Icelandic: kotasæla — cheese curd product
  • Ido: kazeo — cheese curd product
  • Italian: fiocchi di latte — cheese curd product
  • Japanese: コテージチーズ (kotēji chīzu) — cheese curd product
  • Japanese: コッテージチーズ (kottēji chīzu) — cheese curd product
  • Japanese: カテージチーズ (katēji chīzu) — cheese curd product
  • Japanese: カッテージチーズ (kattēji chīzu) — cheese curd product
  • Japanese: クワルク (kuwaruku) — cheese curd product
  • Kabuverdianu: rekexom — cheese curd product
  • Kabuverdianu: rakexom — cheese curd product
  • Kashubian: glëmza — cheese curd product
  • Kashubian: glëmzda — cheese curd product
  • Kazakh: ірімшік (ırımşık) — cheese curd product
  • Korean: 코티지 치즈 (kotiji chijeu) — cheese curd product
  • Korean: 크바르크 (keubareukeu) — cheese curd product
  • Kyrgyz: быштак (bıştak) — cheese curd product
  • Latvian: mājas siers — cheese curd product
  • Lithuanian: varškė — cheese curd product
  • Lithuanian: grūdėta varškė — cheese curd product
  • Macedonian: младо сирење (mlado sirenje) — cheese curd product
  • Macedonian: изварка (izvarka) — cheese curd product
  • Macedonian: урда (urda) — cheese curd product
  • Malagasy: tsaky — cheese curd product
  • Malay: keju kotej — cheese curd product
  • Norwegian: hytteost — cheese curd product
  • Persian: ترف (tarf) — cheese curd product
  • Persian: لور (lur) — cheese curd product
  • Persian: پَنیر کُلبه (panir kolbe) — cheese curd product
  • Plautdietsch: Gloms — cheese curd product
  • Polish: serek wiejski — cheese curd product
  • Portuguese: cottage — cheese curd product
  • Portuguese: requeijão — cheese curd product
  • Romanian: brânză albă — cheese curd product
  • Russian: творо́г (tvoróg) — cheese curd product
  • Russian: тво́рог (tvórog) — cheese curd product
  • Russian: дома́шний сыр (domášnij syr) — cheese curd product
  • Scots: yirnt milk — cheese curd product
  • Serbo-Croatian: ску̏та — cheese curd product
  • Serbo-Croatian: шва̏пскӣ си̏р — cheese curd product
  • Serbo-Croatian: skȕta — cheese curd product
  • Serbo-Croatian: švȁpskī sȉr — cheese curd product
  • Slovak: tvaroh — cheese curd product
  • Slovene: skuta — cheese curd product
  • Lower Sorbian: twarog — cheese curd product
  • Upper Sorbian: twaroh — cheese curd product
  • Spanish: cottage — cheese curd product
  • Spanish: requesón — cheese curd product
  • Swedish: keso — cheese curd product
  • Swedish: grynost — cheese curd product
  • Swedish: ostmyssja — cheese curd product
  • Swedish: ostmassa — cheese curd product
  • Tagalog: kesong puti — cheese curd product
  • Tatar: эремчек (eremçek) — cheese curd product
  • Turkish: lor — cheese curd product
  • Turkish: lor peyniri — cheese curd product
  • Ukrainian: тварі́г (tvaríh) — cheese curd product
  • Ukrainian: сир (syr) — cheese curd product
  • Uzbek: tvorog — cheese curd product
  • Vietnamese: phô mai tươi — cheese curd product
  • Vilamovian: twiöeg — cheese curd product
  • Vilamovian: twiög — cheese curd product
  • Vilamovian: twuöḱ — cheese curd product
  • Walloon: makêye — cheese curd product
  • Walloon: stofé — cheese curd product
  • Welsh: caws ceulfraen — cheese curd product
  • Welsh: caws colfran — cheese curd product
  • Yiddish: צוואָרעך (tsvorekh) — cheese curd product