Translation
cheese
Word origin
From French fromage, from Latin caseus formaticus, 'cheese shaped in a mould', built on forma ('form, mould'). The shape word won out over the cheese word in French and Italian (formaggio), so English form is the surviving relative.
- Origin
- Latin, via French
- Root
- formaticus
- English cognates
- form, format
Examples
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I like bread with cheese.
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This cheese comes from a small village in the mountains.
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The mouse found a piece of cheese.
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