cheesecake

English

Etymology

From Middle English chesekake; equivalent to cheese +‎ cake. Compare chess cake.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːzˌkeɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃizˌkeɪk/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛzˌkeɪk/, /ˈt͡ʃɪzˌkeɪk/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

Noun

cheesecake (countable and uncountable, plural cheesecakes)

1. (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.

2. (countable and uncountable, obsolete) A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).
3. (uncountable) Imagery of scantily clad, sexually attractive young women; pin-ups.

   Synonym: leg art

   Company policy forbids displaying cheesecake in the locker rooms.

   • 1958, A.A.Fair, Count of 9, page 14:

     She was turning back toward the cameraman when she caught the pose of the filing clerk who was sitting on the corner of the desk with her skirt over her knees, her toes pointed down so that her crossed legs showed to advantage.
     "Now what the hell are you doing sitting there sticking that nylon out at the camera?" Bertha asked.
     (...) A man who had been standing over behind the filing case came out and said, "We're going to need cheesecake, Mrs. Cool. If we don't have cheesecake, the papers won't publish it."

Coordinate terms

• (photography): beefcake

Derived terms

• cheesecakey
• chookie
• New York cheesecake

Descendants

• → Arabic: تْشِيز كَيْك (tšīz kayk)
• → Armenian: չիզքեյք (čʻizkʻeykʻ)
• → Azerbaijani: çizkeyk
• → Bulgarian: чийзке́йк (čijzkéjk)
• → Chinese: 起士蛋糕 (qǐshì dàngāo), 起司蛋糕 (qǐsī dàngāo), 乳酪蛋糕 (rǔlào dàngāo), 芝士蛋糕 (zhīshì dàngāo) (calque)
• → French: cheesecake, cheese-cake, cheese cake
• → Greek: τσίζκεϊκ (tsízkeïk), τσιζκέικ (tsizkéik), τσεισκέικ (tseiskéik)
• → Hijazi Arabic: تشيزكيك (tšīzkēk)
• → Hindi: चीज़केक (cīzkek)
• → Indonesian: cheesecake
• → Italian: cheesecake
• → Japanese: チーズケーキ (chīzukēki)
• → Kannada: ಚೀಜ಼್‍ಕೇಕ್ (cīz‍kēk)
• → Korean: 치즈케이크 (chijeukeikeu)
• → Mongolian: чийзкэйк (čiizkejk)
• → Persian: چیز کیک (čiz keyk)
• → Portuguese: cheesecake
• → Romanian: cheesecake
• → Russian: чи́зкейк (čízkejk), чизке́йк (čizkéjk)
• → Spanish: cheesecake
• → Swedish: cheesecake
• → Ukrainian: чізкейк (čizkejk)

Translations

dessert food

• Afrikaans: kaaskoek
• Arabic: كَعْكَة الْجُبْنِ f (kaʕka(t) al-jubni), تْشِيز كَيْك (tšīz kayk)

  Hijazi Arabic: تشيزكيك m (tšīzkēk)

• Armenian: շոռակարկանդակ (hy) (šoṙakarkandak), չիզքեյք (čʻizkʻeykʻ)
• Basque: gazta-tarta
• Bulgarian: чийзке́йк m (čijzkéjk)
• Catalan: pastís de formatge m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 芝士蛋糕 (zi¹ si^6-2 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／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)

  Ancient: τυροκόσκινον n (turokóskinon), ὑποτυρίς f (hupoturís)

• Hebrew: עוגת גבינה \ עֻגַּת גְּבִינָה (he) f ('ugát g'viná)
• Hindi: चीज़केक (cīzkek)
• Hungarian: sajttorta (hu)
• Icelandic: ostakaka f
• Indonesian: cheesecake, kue keju
• Irish: císte cáise m
• Italian: cheesecake (it) f, torta al formaggio f
• Japanese: チーズケーキ (ja) (chīzukēki)
• Kannada: ಚೀಜ಼್‍ಕೇಕ್ (cīz‍kēk)
• Korean: 치즈케이크 (chijeukeikeu)
• Latin: savillum n
• Malay: kek keju
• Mongolian: чийзкэйк (čiizkejk), бяслагтай бялуу (bjaslagtaj bjaluu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ostekake (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: ostekake f

• Persian: کیک پنیر (fa) (keyk panir), چیز کیک (čiz keyk)
• Polish: sernik (pl) m, serowiec (pl) m, serownik (pl) m
• Portuguese: cheesecake (pt) 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 (es) m
• Swahili: keki ya jibini
• Swedish: cheesecake (sv) c, amerikansk ostkaka c, (Swedish version), osttårta c
• Tamil: மாப்பணியார வகை (māppaṇiyāra vakai)
• Telugu: వకతరహా మిఠాయి (vakatarahā miṭhāyi)
• Turkish: peynirli kek, peynirli pasta
• Ukrainian: сирний пиріг m (syrnyj pyrih), чизкейк m (čyzkejk)
• Vietnamese: bánh kem, bánh pho mát
• Welsh: cacen gaws (cy) f, teisen gaws f

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheesecake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈskejk/, /t͡ʃiˈskɛjk/
• Rhymes: -ejk, -ɛjk

Noun

cheesecake f (invariable)

1. cheesecake (type of pie)

Synonyms

• torta al formaggio

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cheesecake.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌ(t)ʃisˈkej.ki/ [ˌ(t)ʃisˈkeɪ̯.ki], /ˌ(t)ʃisˈkejk/ [ˌ(t)ʃisˈkeɪ̯k]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌ(t)ʃisˈkej.ki/ [ˌ(t)ʃisˈkeɪ̯.ki], /ˌ(t)ʃisˈkejk/ [ˌ(t)ʃisˈkeɪ̯k]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌ(t)ʃiʃˈkej.ki/ [ˌ(t)ʃiʃˈkeɪ̯.ki], /ˌ(t)ʃiʃˈkejk/ [ˌ(t)ʃiʃˈkeɪ̯k]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌ(t)ʃisˈkejk/ [ˌ(t)ʃisˈkeɪ̯k], /ˌ(t)ʃisˈkej.ki/ [ˌ(t)ʃisˈkeɪ̯.ki]

Noun

cheesecake m (plural cheesecakes)

1. cheesecake (type of pie)

   Synonym: bolo de queijo

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cheesecake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiskeik/ [ˈt͡ʃis.kei̯k]
• Rhymes: -iskeik

Noun

cheesecake m (plural cheesecakes)

1. cheesecake

   Synonym: tarta de queso

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cheesecake. First attested in the 1970s.

Noun

cheesecake c

1. A cheesecake; a pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese.
   • 1948 March 27, Expressen‎^[3]:

     […] flaska malted milk och en bit cheesecake. Automaterna är också utmärkta […]

     […] bottle of malted milk and a piece of cheesecake. The vending machines are also excellent […]

   • 2006, Peter Englund, Spegelscener‎^[4], page 78:

     Efter en sen men utmärkt middag i skymningen – grillad kotlett och hummer, cheesecake till efterrätt – hamnar vi dästa i ett av logementen, och på en dammig TV ställd i en improviserad bokhylla gjord av gamla proviantlådor tittar vi på Ridley Scotts Gladiator.

     After a late but excellent dinner at dusk — grilled chops and lobster, cheesecake for dessert — we finally end up in one of the barracks, and on a dusty TV set in a makeshift bookcase made of old provisions boxes, we watch Ridley Scott's Gladiator.

See also

• ostkaka (“curd cake”)