Meanings
plural cheeseburgers
- A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).
Neon in daylight is a / great pleasure, as Edwin Denby would / write, as are light bulbs in daylight. / I stop for a cheeseburger at JULIET'S / CORNER.
1956, Frank O'Hara, A Step Away from Them1 more example
Busy Americans (many women were working and not cooking as much) were dining on foods such as deep-fried chicken, thick slices of pizza, double cheeseburgers, and big slabs of steak.
2007, Loretta Ichord, Double Cheeseburgers, Quiche, and Vegetarian Burritos, page 48Synonyms: cheesehamburger
present singular third person cheeseburgers · participle present cheeseburgering · participle past cheeseburgered · past cheeseburgered
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).
nounThe BLU-82 bomb.
Origin
- Latincāseus
- Proto-Germanic*kāsijaz
- Proto-West Germanic*kāsī
- Old Englishċīese
- Middle Englishchese
- Englishcheese
- Proto-Indo-European*kónh₂m
- Proto-Indo-European*kónh₂méh₂-
- Proto-Germanic*hanmōder.?
- Proto-Germanic*hammō
- Old High Germanhammeder.?
- Old High GermanHamme
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰerǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰérǵʰs?
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰergʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰérgʰs?
- Proto-Germanic*burgz
- Proto-West Germanic*burg
- Old High Germanburg
- Old High GermanHammaburg
- GermanHamburg
- Proto-Indo-European*wer-
- Proto-Germanic*warjaną
- Proto-Germanic*warjaz
- GermanHamburger
- Englishhamburger
- Englishcheeseburger
Blend of cheese + hamburger (1928). By surface analysis, cheese + -burger.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تْشِيز بَرْغَر, تْشِيز بَرْجَر
- تْشِيز بَرْغَر (tšīz barḡar)hamburger with cheese
- تْشِيز بَرْجَر (tšīz bargar)hamburger with cheese
Chinese Cantonese 芝士漢堡 /芝士汉堡
- 芝士漢堡 /芝士汉堡hamburger with cheese
Chinese Mandarin 起司堡, 乳酪漢堡 /乳酪汉堡
- 起司堡 (qǐsībǎo)hamburger with cheese
- 乳酪漢堡 /乳酪汉堡 (rǔlào hànbǎo)hamburger with cheese
Dutch kaasburger
- kaasburgerhamburger with cheese
Estonian juustuburger, juustuburks
- juustuburgerhamburger with cheese
- juustuburkshamburger with cheese
Finnish juustohampurilainen
- juustohampurilainenhamburger with cheese
French cheeseburger, hamburger au fromage
- cheeseburgerhamburger with cheese
- hamburger au fromagehamburger with cheese
- hambourgeois au fromagehamburger with cheese
- cheesehamburger with cheese
German Cheeseburger
- Cheeseburgerhamburger with cheese
Greek τσίζμπεργκερ, τσίσμπεργκερ
- τσίζμπεργκερ (tsízmpergker)hamburger with cheese
- τσίσμπεργκερ (tsísmpergker)hamburger with cheese
Hebrew צ׳יזבורגר
- צ׳יזבורגרhamburger with cheese
Hungarian sajtburger
- sajtburgerhamburger with cheese
Icelandic ostborgari
- ostborgarihamburger with cheese
Italian cheeseburger, hamburger al formaggio
- cheeseburgerhamburger with cheese
- hamburger al formaggiohamburger with cheese
- amburghese al formaggiohamburger with cheese
- cacioburghesehamburger with cheese
Japanese チーズバーガー
- チーズバーガー (chīzubāgā)hamburger with cheese
Korean 치즈버거
- 치즈버거 (chijeubeogeo)hamburger with cheese
Persian چیزبرگر
- چیزبرگر (čizberger)hamburger with cheese
Polish cheeseburger
- cheeseburgerhamburger with cheese
Portuguese cheeseburger, X-burguer
- cheeseburgerhamburger with cheese
- X-burguerhamburger with cheese
Romanian cheeseburger
- cheeseburgerhamburger with cheese
Russian чи́збургер
- чи́збургер (čízburger)hamburger with cheese
Spanish hamburguesa con queso
- hamburguesa con quesohamburger with cheese
Swedish ostburgare, cheeseburgare
- ostburgarehamburger with cheese
- cheeseburgarehamburger with cheese
Cite this entry
cheeseburger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheeseburger
“cheeseburger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheeseburger. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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