Etymology

brown cheese

Today it means: Synonym of brunost Full definition →

Norwegian brunost
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  1. Norwegian · derived frombrunost“brown cheese”
  2. English todaybrown cheese

A calque from Norwegian brunost (“brown cheese”).

Words from the same roots

Norwegianbrunost all →

brunost

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