bleu cheese

US/blu ˈtʃiz/

A form of blue cheese — A kind of cheese made with bluish mold in it.

OriginFrench bleu →
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Meanings

nounbleu cheese (countable and uncountable, plural bleu cheeses)

plural bleu cheeses

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of blue cheese.

Origin

  1. Frenchbleu
  2. Englishbleu cheese

Influenced by the French bleu.

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APA

bleu cheese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bleu%20cheese

MLA

“bleu cheese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bleu%20cheese. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bleu cheese,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bleu%20cheese.

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