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Olomouc cheese

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

a kind of ripened soft cheese, characteristic with its strong scent, distinctive pungent taste and yellowish colour, traditionally made in central Moravia, the Czech Republic

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

The proper noun Olomouc refers to the fact that the cheese has been traditionally produced in the surroundings of the city of Olomouc and in the past used to be sold especially in Olomouc markets.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: olomoucké tvarůžky — Olomouc cheese
  • Czech: olomoucké syrečky — Olomouc cheese
  • Finnish: Olmützer Quargel — Olomouc cheese
  • German: Olmützer Quargel — Olomouc cheese
  • German: Quargel — Olomouc cheese
  • Hungarian: olmützi kvargli — Olomouc cheese
  • Hungarian: kvargli — Olomouc cheese
  • Polish: twarożki ołomunieckie — Olomouc cheese
  • Polish: serki ołomunieckie — Olomouc cheese
  • Russian: Оломоуцкие сырки (Olomouckije syrki) — Olomouc cheese
  • Slovak: Olomoucké tvarôžky — Olomouc cheese
  • Slovak: Olomoucké syrčeky — Olomouc cheese