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)

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) (serucʿkʿayin 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)

cream cheese (a type of soft white cheese)

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