cream cheese

English

cream cheese on a bagel

Etymology

Named after the cream the cheese was made from.

Noun

cream cheese (countable and uncountable, plural cream cheeses)

(countable and uncountable) A soft, mild-tasting, white cheese that comes from cows milk.
Would you like some cream cheese in your sandwich?

This is one of the best cream cheeses I have ever tasted!

Translations

milk-based cheese product

Armenian: սերուցքային պանիր (hy) (serucʿkʿayin panir)
Azerbaijani: qaymaqlı pendir
Chechen: кочачу тӏайн нехча (kočaču ṭajn neχča)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 忌廉芝士 (gei⁶ lim⁴^-¹ zi¹ si⁶^-²)

Mandarin: 奶油芝士 (nǎiyóu zhīshì)
Finnish: tuorejuusto (fi)
French: cream cheese (fr) m, fromage en crème m
Georgian: ნაღების ყველი (naɣebis q̇veli)
German: Frischkäse (de) m
Icelandic: rjómaostur m

Irish: cáis uachtair f
Japanese: クリームチーズ (kurīmu chīzu)
Korean: 크림치즈 (keurimchizeu)
Manx: caashey bog m
Portuguese: cream cheese m, queijo de barrar m, queijo cremoso m
Russian: сли́вочный сыр m (slívočnyj syr)
Scottish Gaelic: càis-uachdrach m
Swedish: färskost (sv) c
Turkish: krem peynir
Yiddish: שמירקעז‎ m (shmirkez)

Portuguese

Noun

cream cheese m (uncountable)

cream cheese (a type of soft white cheese)

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