Tilsit

See also: tilsit

English

Etymology

From German Tilsit, from the name of the Tilse River, from Old Prussian tilzi (“soggy”).

Noun

Tilsit (uncountable)

1. The former name of Sovetsk, a city in Kaliningrad Oblast
2. A light-yellow semihard smear-ripened cheese of East Prussian origin.

Translations

former name of Sovetsk

• French: Tilsit (fr) f
• German: Tilsit (de) n
• Lithuanian: Tilžė ?
• Old Prussian: Tilzi ?
• Polish: Tylża (pl) f
• Russian: Тильзи́т m (Tilʹzít)

cheese

• Finnish: tilsitjuusto, Tilsit-juusto
• German: Tilsiter m
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: ser tylżycki m
• Russian: тильзи́тер m (tilʹzíter)

French

Alternative forms

• Tilsitt

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /til.sit/

Proper noun

Tilsit f

1. Tilsit (former name of Sovetsk, a city in Kaliningrad Oblast)