What is “cheese” called in your language? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 43 points 2 months ago

Cheese.

[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 months ago

No way! It's called cheese in my language too. crazy.

[-] user_5359@feddit.org 22 points 2 months ago

Käse (Germany)

[-] Kissaki@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago

Käse (Germany)

I wonder what it's called in Austria

[-] rustyfish@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Probably something like topfenschnarkel.

[-] domi@lemmy.secnd.me 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Depending on where in Austria:

Kas, Käs or Kaas

[-] Takapapatapaka@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Fromage - French (with other informal words such as "fromton" or "claquos")

[-] SnotFlickerman 21 points 2 months ago

Omelette du fromage.

The only French I know, thanks to Dexter's Laboratory.

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 months ago

It's also incorrect! The dish is omelette au fromage. That's because it's an omelette with cheese and not of cheese.

[-] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 12 points 2 months ago

That's because it's an omelette with cheese and not of cheese

These are Americans we're talking about. Maybe it is an omelette of cheese?

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

ngl it's about half and half whenever I make one. 🖐️🫣

Disclaimer: not American, I just like cheese.

[-] SnotFlickerman 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Damn it, Dee Dee!

[-] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Thank you, I knew what it meant to say, but my auto-translate (in my brain) pictured a disc of fried cheese initially, and I was wondering why it felt wrong. I know just enough French to get myself into trouble.

[-] Courantdair@jlai.lu 4 points 2 months ago

Even if it was omelette of cheese it would be "omelette de fromage"

[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Claquos ?! Je le connaissais pas celui là. Je vais le réutiliser au prochain repas de famille ;)

[-] Takapapatapaka@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

J'ai voulu vérifier l'orthographe, et autant c'est bon, autant a priori c'est spécifiquement le camembert, en tout cas d'après le wiktionnaire. Perso je l'utilise pour tous les fromages, mais y'a peut-être des puristes de l'argot qui m'y reprendraient.

[-] virku@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Ost - Norwegian

[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago

"Too expensive."

[-] Penguin_1024@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 months ago

Queso - Spanish

Cheese - English

[-] ndupont 11 points 2 months ago

Fromage

[-] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 months ago

Kaas 🇳🇱

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[-] crony@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

Sir ( Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian )

[-] watson387@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

"cheese"

[-] thenose@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Sajt. Funny enough sajt is my default test word eg.: is google working let me search for sajt

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[-] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 7 points 2 months ago

Caws 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

(Actually I'm English so that's not my language, I just happened to know that one in Welsh)

[-] abbadon420@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

That sounds like the Dutch word for cheese, "kaas". Only where you have a stumped /au̯ / sound, we have a long /a:/ sound.

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[-] zout@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago

Keeze (Dutch Lower Saxon).

[-] urquell@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Moi!

[-] zout@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

Moi mien jong!

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago

جبنة/gebna (Arabic, will vary by dialect).

[-] karasu_sue@pf.korako.me 6 points 2 months ago

チーズ（Chīzu）

[-] karasu_sue@pf.korako.me 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

乾酪 (kanraku) – a formal or technical term, rarely used in everyday conversation.

蘇 (so) – an ancient dairy food made by boiling down milk, somewhat like early cheese in Japan.

[-] HeathenPope@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

奶酪 (nai3 lao4) - Mandarin Chinese

сирење (sirenje) - Macedonian (soft white cheeses) кашкавал (kashkaval) - Macedonian (firm yellow cheeses)

[-] NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

芝士 gang (zi1 si6*2 in Cantonese)

[-] Frjttr@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

“Formaggio”

[-] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

❤️❤️ I've been on an insane Italian food kick lately

[-] Ideonek@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ser (pronounced like in "Yes, sir!")

[-] siftmama@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Panir/paneer - Kurdish

[-] Quazatron@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Queijo (pronounced 'keijo')

[-] als 5 points 2 months ago

Fromaĝo (Esperanto 💚⭐)

[-] johnydoe666@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

Kaas - Dutch

[-] user_5359@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago

If you want a quick overview, Wikipedia can also help: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4se#/languages

[-] Jojowski@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

Juusto - Finnish

[-] junkthief 4 points 2 months ago

It’s nice that you credit who asked the original question, but you could just cross post their original post

[-] stepan@lemmy.cafe 4 points 2 months ago

Sýr (Czech)

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[-] beerclue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

brânză

[-] RushLana 3 points 2 months ago

Le fromage ! Men it's like thoose french guys have a whole other languages ! Source

[-] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Smegma

[-] occultist8128@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago

keju

[-] flagrante_delicto@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

djathë

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