cottage cheese

bowl of cottage cheese

English

Etymology

First known use is from 1831. Believed to have originated because the simple cheese was usually produced in cottages from any left-over milk after making butter.

Noun

cottage cheese (countable and uncountable, plural cottage cheeses)

A cheese curd product with a mild flavor that is drained but not pressed so some whey remains.
Synonyms: curd cheese, (US) Dutch cheese, (Pennsylvania) smear case
Hyponyms: farmer cheese, quark, mató, ricotta, tvorog

Translations

cheese curd product

Abkhaz: ахаҷа (axačʼa)
Albanian: gjizë (sq) f
Arabic: جُبْن قُرَيْش‎ m (jubn qurayš)
Moroccan Arabic: جبن‎ m (jban)
Armenian: կաթնաշոռ (hy) (katʿnašoṙ)
Bashkir: эремсек (eremsek)
Basque: gaztanbera
Belarusian: тваро́г m (tvaróh)
Bulgarian: извара f (izvara), тваро́г m (tvaróg)
Catalan: mató (ca) m, brull (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 茅屋芝士 (maau⁴ uk¹ zi¹ si^6-2)
Mandarin: 白乾酪／白干酪 (báigānlào), 白軟乾酪／白软干酪 (báiruǎn gānlào), 鬆軟乾酪／松软干酪 (sōngruǎn gānlào), 農家乾酪／农家干酪 (nóngjiā gānlào), 鮮乾酪／鲜干酪 (xiāngānlào), 鄉村奶酪／乡村奶酪 (zh) (xiāngcūn nǎilào), 農家乳酪／农家乳酪 (nóngjiā rǔlào), 軟白乾酪／软白干酪 (ruǎnbái gānlào)
Czech: tvaroh (cs) m
Danish: hytteost (da) c
Dutch: huttenkaas m, hüttenkäse (nl) m, cottage cheese m
Erzya: топо (topo)
Esperanto: kazeo
Estonian: kohupiim, kodujuust
Faroese: kovaostur m
Finnish: raejuusto (fi)
French: fromage blanc (fr) m, faisselle (fr) f, fromage frais (fr) m, quark (fr) m
Galician: requeixo m
Georgian: ხაჭო (xač̣o)
German: Hüttenkäse (de) m, Quark (de) m
Greek: ανθότυρο (el) n (anthótyro)
Ancient: πυριάτη f (puriátē)
Hebrew: קוֹטֶג׳‎ m (kótej), גְּבִינַת קוֹטֶג׳‎ f (g'vinát-kótej)
Hungarian: túró (hu)
Icelandic: kotasæla (is) f
Ido: kazeo (io)
Italian: fiocchi di latte m pl
Japanese: コテージチーズ (kotēji chīzu), コッテージチーズ (kottēji chīzu), カテージチーズ (katēji chīzu), カッテージチーズ (kattēji chīzu), クワルク (kuwaruku)
Kabuverdianu: rekexom, rakexom
Kashubian: glomza f, glomzda f
Kazakh: ірімшік (kk) (ırımşık)
Korean: 코티지 치즈 (kotiji chijeu), 크바르크 (keubareukeu)
Latvian: mājas siers m
Lithuanian: varškė (lt) f, grūdėta varškė f
Macedonian: младо сирење n (mlado sirenje), изварка f (izvarka), урда f (urda)
Malagasy: tsaky (mg)
Malay: keju kotej
Norwegian: hytteost m
Persian: ترف‎ (fa) (tarf), لور‎ (fa) (lur), پَنیر کُلبه‎ (fa) (panir kolbe)
Plautdietsch: Gloms f
Polish: serek wiejski m
Portuguese: cottage m, requeijão (pt) m
Romanian: brânză albă f
Russian: творо́г (ru) m (tvoróg), тво́рог (ru) m (tvórog), дома́шний сыр m (domášnij syr)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ску̏та f, шва̏пскӣ си̏р m
Roman: skȕta (sh) f, švȁpskī sȉr m
Slovak: tvaroh m
Slovene: skuta (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: twarog m
Upper Sorbian: twaroh m
Spanish: cottage (es) m, requesón (es) m
Swahili: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: keso (sv) c, grynost c, ostmyssja c, ostmassa c, cottage cheese (sv)
Tagalog: kesong puti
Tatar: эремчек (tt) (eremçek)
Turkish: lor (tr), lor peyniri
Ukrainian: тварі́г m (tvaríh), сир m (syr)
Uzbek: tvorog
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Vilamovian: twiöeg m, twiög m, twuöḱ m
Walloon: makêye (wa) f, stofé (wa) m
Welsh: caws colfran (cy) m
Yiddish: צוואָרעך‎ m (tsvorekh)
Zulu: please add this translation if you can

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cottage cheese.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkɔtətʃ ˈtʃiːs/

Noun

cottage cheese m (uncountable)

cottage cheese
Synonyms: huttenkaas, hüttenkäse
Hyponym: kwark

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cottage cheese.

Noun

cottage cheese m (uncountable)

cottage cheese
Synonyms: keso, grynost
Hyponym: färskost