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cheddar

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See also: Cheddar

English

Etymology

From Cheddar cheese. The slang use meaning "money, currency" may be derived from association with cheese (wealth), probably from Persian چیز (čiz, thing).

Pronunciation

Noun

cheddar (countable and uncountable, plural cheddars)

  1. A cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in Cheddar.
  2. (slang) Money, cash, currency.
    • 1996, Junior M.A.F.I.A., Get Money:
      Touch my cheddar, feel my Beretta.

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Translations

Verb

cheddar (third-person singular simple present cheddars, present participle cheddaring, simple past and past participle cheddared)

  1. (cheese making) To cut and press cheese so as to remove the whey and leave drier curds.
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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheddar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃedːɑr/, [ˈt̪ʃe̞dːɑ̝r]
  • Rhymes: -edːɑr

Noun

cheddar

  1. cheddar (cheese)

Usage notes

Although used to refer to Cheddar cheese, the term in Finland is sometimes also used to refer to processed cheese (sulatejuusto), although having nothing to do with Cheddar cheese.

Declension

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheddar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃɛ.daʁ/ ~ /tʃe.daʁ/
  • Audio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)):(file)
  • Audio (France):(file)

Noun

cheddar m (plural cheddars)

  1. Cheddar cheese

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cheddar.

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

cheddar m (plural cheddars)

  1. Cheddar cheese (type of cheese)
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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cheddar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃedaɾ/ [ˈt͡ʃe.ð̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -edaɾ

Noun

cheddar m (plural cheddars)

  1. Cheddar cheese

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheddar.

Pronunciation

Noun

cheddar c

  1. cheddar

Declension

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