different between cheddar vs swiss

English

Etymology

From Cheddar cheese.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??d?(?)/
• Rhymes: -?d?(r)

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.

Derived terms

• cheddaring

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.

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheddar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?ed??r/, [?t??e?d??r]

Noun

cheddar

1. cheddar (cheese)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Synonyms

• cheddarjuusto

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheddar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.da?/

Noun

cheddar m (plural cheddars)

1. Cheddar cheese

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheddar.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /???.da?/

Noun

cheddar m (plural cheddars)

1. Cheddar cheese (type of cheese)

Spanish

Noun

cheddar m (plural cheddars)

1. cheddar

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheddar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d?ar/

Noun

cheddar c

1. cheddar

Declension

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sw?s/
• Homophone: Swiss
• Rhymes: -?s

Verb

swiss (third-person singular simple present swisses, present participle swissing, simple past and past participle swissed)

1. (transitive) To prepare (meat, fabric, etc.) by rolling or pounding in order to soften it.