cheeseburger

cheeseburger

English

Etymology

Blend of cheese +‎ hamburger (1928)

Noun

A cheeseburger.

cheeseburger (plural cheeseburgers)

1. A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).

   Synonym: (rare, nonstandard) cheesehamburger

   • 1956, Frank O'Hara, A Step Away from Them‎:

     Neon in daylight is a / great pleasure, as Edwin Denby would / write, as are light bulbs in daylight. / I stop for a cheeseburger at JULIET'S / CORNER.

   • 2007, Loretta Ichord, Double Cheeseburgers, Quiche, and Vegetarian Burritos (page 48)

     Busy Americans (many women were working and not cooking as much) were dining on foods such as deep-fried chicken, thick slices of pizza, double cheeseburgers, and big slabs of steak.

2. (military, slang) The BLU-82 bomb.

   Synonyms: Big Blue 82, daisy cutter

Derived terms

• minicheeseburger

Related terms

• See burger

Translations

hamburger with cheese

Arabic: تْشِيز بَرْغَر‎ m (tšīz barḡar), تْشِيز بَرْجَر‎ m (tšīz bargar) Chinese: Cantonese: 芝士漢堡, 芝士汉堡 (zi1 si6-2 hon3 bou2) Mandarin: 起司堡 (qǐsībǎo), 乳酪漢堡／乳酪汉堡 (rǔlào hànbǎo) Dutch: kaasburger (nl) m or f Estonian: juustuburger, juustuburks (slang) Faroese: ostaburgari m Finnish: juustohampurilainen French: cheeseburger (fr) m, hamburger au fromage (fr) m, hambourgeois au fromage (fr) m German: Cheeseburger (de) m Greek: τσίζμπεργκερ (tsízmpergker), τσίσμπεργκερ (tsísmpergker) Hebrew: צ׳יזבורגר‎ m Hungarian: sajtburger (hu) Icelandic: ostborgari Italian: cheeseburger (it) m Japanese: チーズバーガー (chīzubāgā) Korean: 치즈버거 (chijeubeogeo) Marathi: चीजबर्गर m (cījbargar) Norman: bourgaille à fronmage f Persian: چیزبرگر‎ (čizberger) Polish: cheeseburger (pl) m Portuguese: cheeseburguer m, X burguer m Russian: чи́збургер (ru) m (čízburger) Spanish: hamburguesa con queso f Swedish: ostburgare (sv) c, cheeseburgare (sv) c

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cheeseburger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʂizˈbur.ɡɛr/

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• Rhymes: -urɡɛr
• Syllabification: cheese‧bur‧ger

Noun

cheeseburger m inan

1. cheeseburger (sandwich)

Declension

Declension of cheeseburger

	singular	plural
nominative	cheeseburger	cheeseburgery
genitive	cheeseburgera	cheeseburgerów
dative	cheeseburgerowi	cheeseburgerom
accusative	cheeseburger/cheeseburgera	cheeseburgery
instrumental	cheeseburgerem	cheeseburgerami
locative	cheeseburgerze	cheeseburgerach
vocative	cheeseburgerze	cheeseburgery

Further reading

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

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Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cheeseburger.

Noun

cheeseburger m (plural cheeseburgeri)

1. cheeseburger

Declension

Declension of cheeseburger

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cheeseburger	cheeseburgerul	(niște) cheeseburgeri	cheeseburgerii
genitive/dative	(unui) cheeseburger	cheeseburgerului	(unor) cheeseburgeri	cheeseburgerilor
vocative	cheeseburgerule		cheeseburgerilor