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tvorog

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

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtvɔːɹəɡ/
  • /tvəˈɹəʊɡ/
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  • rhymes with -əʊɡ

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noun

Meaning 1

A soft curd cheese, traditionally made in regions of Central, Eastern and (less often) Northern Europe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: twaróg

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian творо́г (tvoróg) / тво́рог (tvórog). Doublet of quark and twaróg.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կաթնաշոռ (katʻnašoṙ) — a soft curd cheese
  • Azerbaijani: kəsmik — a soft curd cheese
  • Belarusian: тваро́г (tvaróh) — a soft curd cheese
  • Bulgarian: тваро́г (tvaróg) — a soft curd cheese
  • Czech: tvaroh — a soft curd cheese
  • Estonian: kohupiim — a soft curd cheese
  • German: Quark — a soft curd cheese
  • Ingrian: rahka — a soft curd cheese
  • Japanese: クワルク (kuwaruku) — a soft curd cheese
  • Kazakh: сүзбе (süzbe) — a soft curd cheese
  • Korean: 크바르크 (keubareukeu) — a soft curd cheese
  • Eastern Mari: торык (toryk) — a soft curd cheese
  • Polish: twaróg — a soft curd cheese
  • Russian: творо́г (tvoróg) — a soft curd cheese
  • Russian: тво́рог (tvórog) — a soft curd cheese
  • Serbo-Croatian: тва̀рог — a soft curd cheese
  • Serbo-Croatian: tvàrog — a soft curd cheese
  • Slovak: tvaroh — a soft curd cheese
  • Lower Sorbian: twarog — a soft curd cheese
  • Upper Sorbian: twaroh — a soft curd cheese
  • Tatar: эремчек (eremçek) — a soft curd cheese
  • Ukrainian: тварі́г (tvaríh) — a soft curd cheese
  • Uzbek: tvorog — a soft curd cheese
  • Vilamovian: twiöeg — a soft curd cheese
  • Vilamovian: twiög — a soft curd cheese
  • Vilamovian: twuöḱ — a soft curd cheese
  • Yiddish: צוואָרעך (tsvorekh) — a soft curd cheese