Etymology

reblochon

re·blo·chon
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Today it means: A soft French cow's-milk cheese from the Alpine region of Savoie. Full definition →

French reblochon
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  1. French · borrowed fromreblochon
  2. English todayreblochon

Unadapted borrowing from French reblochon, from reblocher (“to pinch a cow's udder again”), a verb of Franco-Provençal origin.

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