cream cheese

See also: creamcheese

English

cream cheese on a bagel

Alternative forms

• creamcheese (rare)

Etymology

Named after the cream the cheese was made from.

Noun

cream cheese (countable and uncountable, plural cream cheeses)

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

   Would you like some cream cheese in your sandwich?

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

Derived terms

• cream-cheesy

Translations

milk-based cheese product

• Armenian: սերուցքային պանիր (hy) (serucʻkʻayin panir)
• Azerbaijani: qaymaqlı pendir
• Chechen: кочачу тӏайн нехча (kočaču tʼajn nexča)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 忌廉芝士 (gei⁶ lim^4-1 zi¹ si^6-2)

  Mandarin: 奶油芝士 (nǎiyóu zhīshì)

• Faroese: rómaostur m
• 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 (kurīmuchīzu)
• Korean: 크림치즈 (keurimchijeu)
• Manx: caashey bog m
• Polish: serek śmietankowy 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

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cream cheese.

Noun

cream cheese m (uncountable)

1. cream cheese (a type of soft white cheese)