fromage

Etymology

From Middle French froumaige, formage, from Old French formage, fourmage, frumage, fromage, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin formāticum, from *formāticus [caseus], from Latin formō, formāre; cognates include Occitan and Catalan formatge, Italian formaggio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔ.maʒ/

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Noun

fromage m (plural fromages)

1. cheese

Further reading

• “fromage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Alternative forms

• fronmage (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French fromage, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin formāticum, from Latin formō, formāre (“shape, form, fashion, format”, verb).

Noun

fromage m (plural fromages)

1. (Guernsey) cheese

Alternative forms

• frumage
• formage
• fourmage

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin formāticum, from *formāticus [caseus], from Latin formō, formāre.

Noun

fromage m (oblique plural fromages, nominative singular fromages, nominative plural fromage)

1. cheese