cheesecake

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English chesekake; equivalent to cheese +‎ cake. Compare chess cake.

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cheesecake (countable and uncountable, plural cheesecakes)

  1. (countable and uncountable) A pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base.
    Cheesecake is an especially delicious dessert.
  2. (countable and uncountable, obsolete) A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).[3]
  3. (uncountable) Imagery of scantily clad, sexually attractive young women; pin-ups.
    Synonym: leg art
    Company policy forbids displaying cheesecake in the locker rooms.

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  1. ^ Principles of Engliſh Pronunciation.” in John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary [] , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1791, →OCLC, page 30.
  2. ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎[1], volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 4.35, page 124.
  3. ^ “chess cake”, in Dictionary of American Regional English[2], University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019, Quarterly Update 17.

Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English cheesecake.

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cheesecake f (invariable)

  1. cheesecake (type of pie)

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Portuguese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English cheesecake.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌ(t)ʃisˈkej.ki/ [ˌ(t)ʃisˈkeɪ̯.ki], /ˌ(t)ʃisˈkejk/ [ˌ(t)ʃisˈkeɪ̯k]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌ(t)ʃiʃˈkej.ki/ [ˌ(t)ʃiʃˈkeɪ̯.ki], /ˌ(t)ʃiʃˈkejk/ [ˌ(t)ʃiʃˈkeɪ̯k]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌ(t)ʃisˈkejk/ [ˌ(t)ʃisˈkeɪ̯k], /ˌ(t)ʃisˈkej.ki/ [ˌ(t)ʃisˈkeɪ̯.ki]

Noun[edit]

cheesecake m (plural cheesecakes)

  1. cheesecake (type of pie)
    Synonym: bolo de queijo

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English cheesecake.

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cheesecake m (plural cheesecakes)

  1. cheesecake
    Synonym: tarta de queso

Usage notes[edit]

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.

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English cheesecake. First attested in the 1970s.[1]

Noun[edit]

cheesecake c

  1. A cheesecake; a pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese.
    • 1948 March 27, Expressen[3]:
      [] flaska malted milk och en bit cheesecake. Automaterna är också utmärkta []
      [] bottle of malted milk and a piece of cheesecake. The vending machines are also excellent []
    • 2006, Peter Englund, Spegelscener[4], page 78:
      Efter en sen men utmärkt middag i skymningen – grillad kotlett och hummer, cheesecake till efterrätt – hamnar vi dästa i ett av logementen, och på en dammig TV ställd i en improviserad bokhylla gjord av gamla proviantlådor tittar vi på Ridley Scotts Gladiator.
      After a late but excellent dinner at dusk — grilled chops and lobster, cheesecake for dessert — we finally end up in one of the barracks, and on a dusty TV set in a makeshift bookcase made of old provisions boxes, we watch Ridley Scott's Gladiator.

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