English
Etymology
Named after the cream the cheese was made from.
Pronunciation
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
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 lim4-1 zi1 si6-2)
- 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: Doppelrahmkäse (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
- Persian: پنیر خامهای (panir-e xâme'i)
- 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)
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Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English cream cheese.
Noun
cream cheese m (uncountable)
- cream cheese (a type of soft white cheese)