Kilo Lingo

cheese

/tʃiːz/

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Translation

A yellow or white food made from milk that people eat and cook with.

Word origin

From Old English cyse, taken from the Latin word caseus for cheese.

Origin
Old English
Root
cyse

Grammar

Gender
Pluralcheeses

Examples

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"Cheese" is a food made from milk.

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"Cheeses" is the plural, meaning many types of cheese.

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Here "cheese" is part of the meal.

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This word is part of lesson 11.