English Explanatory Dictionary

cheesecake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base.
  2. A pie made of cream, eggs and milk (somewhat resembling the modern American chess cake).
  3. Imagery of scantily clad, sexually attractive young women; pin-ups.

Pronunciation

/ˈt͡ʃiːzˌkeɪk/ /ˈt͡ʃizˌkeɪk/ /ˈt͡ʃɛzˌkeɪk/ /ˈt͡ʃɪzˌkeɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cheesecake.wav

Word forms

cheesecake cheesecakes

Etymology

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

Synonyms

leg art

Derived words

cheesecakey chookie New York cheesecake

Translations

Afrikaans: kaaskoek Arabic: كَعْكَة الْجُبْنِ Arabic: تْشِيز كَيْك Arabic: تشيزكيك Armenian: շոռակարկանդակ Armenian: չիզքեյք Basque: gazta-tarta Bulgarian: чийзке́йк Catalan: pastís de formatge Chinese Cantonese: 芝士蛋糕 Chinese Mandarin: 乳酪蛋糕 Chinese Mandarin: 起士蛋糕 Chinese Mandarin: 凝乳蛋糕 Chinese Mandarin: 酪餅 /酪饼 Chinese Mandarin: 起司蛋糕 Chinese Mandarin: 芝士蛋糕 Cornish: tesen geus Danish: ostekage Dutch: kwarktaart Dutch: kaastaart Esperanto: fromaĝkuko Estonian: juustusai Estonian: kohupiimakook Estonian: kodujuustukook Finnish: juustokakku Finnish: rahkatorttu French: cheesecake French: cheese-cake French: cheese cake French: gâteau au fromage French: tarte au fromage Galician: torta de queixo German: Käsekuchen German: Quarkkuchen German: Käsesahnetorte German: Topfentorte Greek: τσίζκεϊκ Greek: τσιζκέικ Greek: τσεισκέικ Greek: κέικ τυριού Greek: κέικ με τυρί Ancient Greek: τυροκόσκινον Ancient Greek: ὑποτυρίς Hebrew: עוגת גבינה \ עֻגַּת גְּבִינָה Hindi: चीज़केक Hungarian: sajttorta Icelandic: ostakaka Indonesian: cheesecake Indonesian: kue keju Irish: císte cáise Italian: cheesecake Italian: torta al formaggio Italian: dolce al formaggio Italian: caciotorta Italian: caciodolce Japanese: チーズケーキ Kannada: ಚೀಜ಼್ಕೇಕ್ Korean: 치즈케이크 Latin: savillum Malay: kek keju Mongolian: чийзкэйк Mongolian: бяслагтай бялуу Norwegian Bokmål: ostekake Norwegian Nynorsk: ostekake Persian: کیک پنیر Persian: چیز کیک Polish: sernik Polish: serowiec Polish: serownik Portuguese: cheesecake Portuguese: bolo de queijo Romanian: prăjitură cu brânză Romanian: cheesecake Russian: творо́жный пиро́г Russian: творо́жный пу́динг Russian: чи́зкейк Russian: ватру́шка Scottish Gaelic: cèic-càise
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