blue cheese

US/blu ˈtʃiz/UK/bluː ˈtʃiːz/

noun

A kind of cheese made with bluish mold in it.

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bleu
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Meanings

nounblue cheese (countable and uncountable, plural blue cheeses)

plural blue cheeses · alternative bleu cheese

  1. countableuncountableA kind of cheese made with bluish mold in it.
  2. CanadaUSabbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of blue cheese dressing

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncheese containing a blue mold

Similar
bleu
Broader
cheese
Also see
blue-veined cheese

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic جُبْنَة زَرْقَاء
  • جُبْنَة زَرْقَاء (jubna zarqāʔ)kind of cheese with bluish mold
Bulgarian синьо сирене
  • синьо сирене (sinjo sirene)kind of cheese with bluish mold
Chinese Cantonese 藍芝士 /蓝芝士
  • 藍芝士 /蓝芝士kind of cheese with bluish mold
Chinese Mandarin 藍乾酪 /蓝干酪
  • 藍乾酪 /蓝干酪 (lángānlào)kind of cheese with bluish mold
Czech niva
  • nivakind of cheese with bluish mold
Danish blåskimmelost, blå ost
  • blåskimmelostkind of cheese with bluish mold
  • blå ostkind of cheese with bluish mold
Dutch blauwschimmelkaas
  • blauwschimmelkaaskind of cheese with bluish mold
Esperanto blua fromaĝo
  • blua fromaĝokind of cheese with bluish mold
Estonian sinihallitusjuust
  • sinihallitusjuustkind of cheese with bluish mold
Finnish sinihomejuusto
  • sinihomejuustokind of cheese with bluish mold
French fromage bleu, bleu
  • fromage bleukind of cheese with bluish mold
  • bleukind of cheese with bluish mold
German Blauschimmelkäse
  • Blauschimmelkäsekind of cheese with bluish mold
Greek μπλε τυρί
  • μπλε τυρί (ble tyrí)kind of cheese with bluish mold
Hebrew גְּבִינָה כְּחֻלָּה
  • גְּבִינָה כְּחֻלָּה (g'viná k'khulá)kind of cheese with bluish mold
Icelandic gráðostur
  • gráðosturkind of cheese with bluish mold
Italian formaggio erborinato
  • formaggio erborinatokind of cheese with bluish mold
Japanese ブルーチーズ
  • ブルーチーズ (burūchīzu)kind of cheese with bluish mold
Korean 블루 치즈
  • 블루 치즈 (beullu chijeu)kind of cheese with bluish mold
Norwegian Bokmål blåost, blåmuggost
  • blåostkind of cheese with bluish mold
  • blåmuggostkind of cheese with bluish mold
Polish niebieski ser, ser pleśniowy
  • niebieski serkind of cheese with bluish mold
  • ser pleśniowykind of cheese with bluish mold
Portuguese queijo azul
  • queijo azulkind of cheese with bluish mold
Romanian brânză cu mucegai
  • brânză cu mucegaikind of cheese with bluish mold
Russian голубо́й сыр
  • голубо́й сыр (golubój syr)kind of cheese with bluish mold
Spanish queso azul
  • queso azulkind of cheese with bluish mold
Swedish mögelost, ädelost
  • mögelostkind of cheese with bluish mold
  • ädelostkind of cheese with bluish mold
  • blåmögelostkind of cheese with bluish mold
  • grönmögelostkind of cheese with bluish mold
Tagalog kesong asul
  • kesong asulkind of cheese with bluish mold
Turkish mavi damarlı peynir, mavi küflü peynir
  • mavi damarlı peynirkind of cheese with bluish mold
  • mavi küflü peynirkind of cheese with bluish mold

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with blue cheese

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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