camembert

camembert

See also: Camembert

English

A plate of camembert cheese

Etymology

From Camembert, the Normandy village where it originated.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkæmɒmˌbeə(ɹ)/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkæməmˌbeː/
• Hyphenation: ca‧mem‧bert

Noun

camembert (countable and uncountable, plural camemberts)

1. A soft, creamy cheese from France made from cow's milk.

Related terms

• camemberti

Translations

creamy cheese from France

Arabic: كَامَامْبِير‎ m (kamambir) Chinese: Cantonese: 金文筆, 金文笔 (gam1 man4 bat1), 金文畢, 金文毕 (gam1 man4 bat1) Mandarin: 金銀畢／金银毕 (jīnyínbì), 卡門培爾／卡门培尔 (kǎménpéi'ěr), 卡芒貝爾／卡芒贝尔 (kǎmángbèi'ěr) Czech: camembert m Finnish: camembert (fi), camembertjuusto French: camembert (fr) m German: Camembert (de) m Greek: Καμαμπέρ (Kamampér) Japanese: カマンベール (kamanbēru), カマンベールチーズ (kamanbēruchīzu) Korean: 카망베르 (kamangbereu) Persian: کامامبر‎ (kâmâmber) Polish: camembert (pl) m, kamamber (pl) m Portuguese: camembert m Russian: камамбер (ru) m (kamamber)

See also

• brie

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Czech

Noun

camembert m

1. camembert

Further reading

• camembert in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• camembert in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Finnish

Etymology

From French camembert.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmembæːr/, [ˈkɑme̞mbæːr]
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmembert/, [ˈkɑme̞mbe̞rt̪] (Finnicized)

Noun

camembert

1. camembert (creamy French cheese)

Declension

Inflection of camembert (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		camembert	camembertit
genitive		camembertin	camembertien
partitive		camembertiä	camembertejä
illative		camembertiin	camemberteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		camembert	camembertit
accusative	nom.	camembert	camembertit
	gen.	camembertin
genitive		camembertin	camembertien
partitive		camembertiä	camembertejä
inessive		camembertissä	camemberteissä
elative		camembertistä	camemberteistä
illative		camembertiin	camemberteihin
adessive		camembertillä	camemberteillä
ablative		camembertiltä	camemberteiltä
allative		camembertille	camemberteille
essive		camembertinä	camemberteinä
translative		camembertiksi	camemberteiksi
instructive		—	camembertein
abessive		camembertittä	camemberteittä
comitative		—	camemberteineen

Possessive forms of camembert (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	camembertini	camembertimme
2nd person	camembertisi	camembertinne
3rd person	camembertinsä

Synonyms

• camembertjuusto

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.mɑ̃.bɛʁ/

• Audio

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Noun

camembert m (plural camemberts)

1. camembert (creamy French cheese)
2. (colloquial) pie chart

Derived terms

• boîte à camembert

Further reading

• “camembert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Named after French Camembert, the village in Normandy where it originates.

Noun

camembert m (definite singular camemberten, indefinite plural camemberter, definite plural camembertene)

1. camembert

References

• “camembert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “camembert” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after French Camembert, the village in Normandy where it originates.

Noun

camembert m (definite singular camemberten, indefinite plural camembertar, definite plural camembertane)

1. camembert

References

• “camembert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French camembert.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.mɛmˈbɛr/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛmbɛr
• Syllabification: ca‧mem‧bert

Noun

camembert m inan

1. camembert (creamy French cheese)

Further reading

• camembert in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• camembert in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.mɐ̃ˈbɛʁ/ [ka.mɐ̃ˈbɛh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.mɐ̃ˈbɛʁ/ [ka.mɐ̃ˈbɛh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ka.mɐ̃ˈbɛɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.mɐ̃ˈbɛʁ/ [ka.mɐ̃ˈbɛχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.mɐ̃ˈbɛɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ka.mɐ̃ˈbɛɾ/

Noun

camembert m (plural camemberts)

1. camembert (creamy French cheese)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French camembert.

Noun

camembert n (uncountable)

1. camembert

Declension

declension of camembert (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) camembert	camembertul
genitive/dative	(unui) camembert	camembertului
vocative	camembertule

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Spanish

Noun

camembert m (plural camemberts)

1. camembert

Further reading

• “camembert”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Noun

camembert c

1. camembert (creamy French cheese)

Declension

Declension of camembert
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	camembert	camemberten	camemberter	camemberterna
Genitive	camemberts	camembertens	camemberters	camemberternas