cheesecake

English

Etymology

From cheese +‎ cake.

Noun

cheesecake (countable and uncountable, plural cheesecakes)

(countable and uncountable) A pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base.
Cheesecake is an especially delicious dessert.
(uncountable) Imagery of one or more scantily clad, sexually attractive persons, especially young women; pin-ups.
Company policy forbids displaying cheesecake in the locker rooms.

Derived terms

cheesecakey
no-bake cheesecake

Related terms

(photography): beefcake

Translations

dessert food

Arabic: كَعْكَة الْجُبْنِ‎ f (kaʿka(t) al-jubni), تْشِيز كَيْك‎ (tšīz kayk)
Armenian: շոռակարկանդակ (hy) (šoṙakarkandak), չիզքեյք (čʿizkʿeykʿ)
Basque: gazta-tarta
Catalan: pastís de formatge m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 芝士蛋糕 (zi¹ si⁶^-² daan⁶ gou¹)

Mandarin: 乳酪蛋糕 (zh) (rǔlào dàngāo), 起士蛋糕 (zh) (qǐshì dàngāo), 凝乳蛋糕 (níngrǔ dàngāo), 酪餅 (zh), 酪饼 (zh) (làobǐng), 起司蛋糕 (zh) (qǐsī dàngāo), 芝士蛋糕 (zh) (zhīshì dàngāo)
Danish: ostekage c
Dutch: kwarktaart (nl) m or f, kaastaart m or f
Esperanto: fromaĝkuko
Estonian: juustusai, kohupiimakook, kodujuustukook
Finnish: juustokakku (fi), rahkatorttu
French: cheesecake (fr) m, cheese-cake (fr) m, cheese cake (fr) m, (Canada) gâteau au fromage (fr) m, tarte au fromage f
Galician: torta de queixo f
German: Käsekuchen (de) m, Quarkkuchen (de) m, Käsesahnetorte f, (Austria) Topfentorte f
Greek: τσίζκεϊκ n (tsízkeïk), τσιζκέικ n (tsizkéik), τσεισκέικ n (tseiskéik), κέικ τυριού n (kéik tyrioú), κέικ με τυρί n (kéik me tyrí)
Hebrew: עוגת גבינה \ עֻגַּת גְּבִינָה‎ (he) f ('ugát g'viná)
Hindi: चीज़केक (cīzkek)
Hungarian: sajttorta
Icelandic: ostakaka f
Indonesian: cheesecake, kue keju
Irish: císte cáise m
Italian: cheesecake f, torta al formaggio f
Japanese: チーズケーキ (ja) (chīzukēki)
Kannada: ಚೀಜ಼್‍ಕೇಕ್ (cīz‍kēk)

Korean: 치즈케이크 (chijeukeikeu)
Latin: scriblīta f
Malay: kek keju
Mongolian: чийзкэйк (čijzkejk)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ostekake (no) m or f

Nynorsk: ostekake f
Persian: کیک پنیر‎ (fa) (keyk panir), چیز کیک‎ (čiz keyk)
Polish: sernik (pl) m
Portuguese: cheesecake m, bolo de queijo m
Romanian: prăjitură cu brânză f, cheesecake n
Russian: творо́жный пиро́г m (tvoróžnyj piróg), творо́жный пу́динг m (tvoróžnyj púding), чи́зкейк (ru) m (čízkejk), чизке́йк (ru) m (čizkéjk), (Russian version) ватру́шка (ru) f (vatrúška)
Scottish Gaelic: cèic-càise f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: то̑рта са сиром f

Roman: tȏrta sa sirom f
Spanish: pastel de queso m, (Spain) tarta de queso f, (Mexico) pay de queso m, (Venezuela) torta de queso f, (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela) cheesecake m
Swahili: keki ya jibini
Swedish: cheesecake (sv) c, amerikansk ostkaka c, (Swedish version) ostkaka (sv) c, osttårta c
Tamil: மாப்பணியார வகை (māppaṇiyāra vakai)
Telugu: వకతరహా మిఠాయి (vakatarahā miṭhāyi)
Turkish: peynirli kek, peynirli pasta, çizkek
Ukrainian: сирний пиріг m (syrnyj pyrih), чізкейк m (čizkejk)
Vietnamese: bánh kem, bánh pho mát
Welsh: cacen gaws (cy) f, teisen gaws f

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheesecake.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʃisˈkeik/, /tʃisˈkɛik/

Noun

cheesecake f (invariable)

cheesecake (type of pie)

Synonyms

torta al formaggio

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheesecake.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃisˈkej.ki/, /t͡ʃisˈkejk/, /t͡ʃisˈkej.ki/

Noun

cheesecake m (plural cheesecakes)

cheesecake (type of pie)

Synonyms

bolo de queijo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheesecake.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiskeiɡ/, [ˈt͡ʃiskei̯ɣ]

Noun

cheesecake m (plural cheesecakes)

cheesecake

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