Phrase guide

cream cheese

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A soft, mild-tasting, white cheese that comes from cow’s milk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Would you like some cream cheese in your sandwich?
  • This is one of the best cream cheeses I have ever tasted!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

soft unripened cheese made of sweet milk and cream

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cheese

Narrower terms: double cream, mascarpone

History

Etymology

Named after the cream the cheese was made from.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սերուցքային պանիր (serucʻkʻayin panir) — milk-based cheese product
  • Azerbaijani: qaymaqlı pendir — milk-based cheese product
  • Chechen: кочачу тӏайн нехча (kočaču tʼajn nexča) — milk-based cheese product
  • Chinese Cantonese: 忌廉芝士 — milk-based cheese product
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奶油芝士 (nǎiyóu zhīshì) — milk-based cheese product
  • Faroese: rómaostur — milk-based cheese product
  • Finnish: tuorejuusto — milk-based cheese product
  • French: cream cheese — milk-based cheese product
  • French: fromage en crème — milk-based cheese product
  • Georgian: ნაღების ყველი (naɣebis q̇veli) — milk-based cheese product
  • German: Doppelrahmkäse — milk-based cheese product
  • Icelandic: rjómaostur — milk-based cheese product
  • Irish: cáis uachtair — milk-based cheese product
  • Japanese: クリームチーズ (kurīmuchīzu) — milk-based cheese product
  • Korean: 크림치즈 (keurimchijeu) — milk-based cheese product
  • Manx: caashey bog — milk-based cheese product
  • Persian: پنیر خامهای (panir-e xâme'i) — milk-based cheese product
  • Polish: serek śmietankowy — milk-based cheese product
  • Portuguese: cream cheese — milk-based cheese product
  • Portuguese: queijo de barrar — milk-based cheese product
  • Portuguese: queijo cremoso — milk-based cheese product
  • Russian: сли́вочный сыр (slívočnyj syr) — milk-based cheese product
  • Scottish Gaelic: càis-uachdrach — milk-based cheese product
  • Spanish: queso crema — milk-based cheese product
  • Swedish: färskost — milk-based cheese product
  • Turkish: krem peynir — milk-based cheese product
  • Yiddish: שמירקעז (shmirkez) — milk-based cheese product