goat cheese

noun

Any cheese produced using goatmilk.

Similar
chèvregoat's milk cheesechevre
OriginMiddle English gate cuse →
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Meanings

noungoat cheese (countable and uncountable, plural goat cheeses)

plural goat cheeses · alternative goat's cheese · alternative goat-cheese

  1. countableuncountableAny cheese produced using goatmilk.

    The man who sold it to him said goats were extremely profitable; he swore that Mr. Sokolat would have a nice goat-cheese business in no time at all.

    1947, Ruth McKenney, The Loud Red Patrick, page 70

    Synonyms: chèvre, goat's milk cheese

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny cheese produced using goatmilk.

Similar
chèvregoat's milk cheese

More synonyms by meaning

nounmade from goats' milk

Similar
chevre
Broader
cheese
Also see
chèvregoat's milk cheese

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishgate cuse
  2. Middle Englishgate cuse
  3. Englishgoat cheese

Inherited from Middle English gate cuse.

More words from Middle English

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 山羊乳乾酪 /山羊乳干酪, 山羊奶酪
  • 山羊乳乾酪 /山羊乳干酪 (shānyángrǔ gānlào)cheese produced by goat milk
  • 山羊奶酪 (shānyáng nǎilào)cheese produced by goat milk
Dutch geitenkaas
  • geitenkaascheese produced by goat milk
Finnish vuohenjuusto
  • vuohenjuustocheese produced by goat milk
French chèvre, fromage de chèvre
  • chèvrecheese produced by goat milk
  • fromage de chèvrecheese produced by goat milk
German Ziegenkäse
  • Ziegenkäsecheese produced by goat milk
Icelandic geitaostur
  • geitaosturcheese produced by goat milk
Italian formaggio di capra, formaggio caprino
  • formaggio di capracheese produced by goat milk
  • formaggio caprinocheese produced by goat milk
Japanese シェーブルチーズ
  • シェーブルチーズ (shēburu chīzu)cheese produced by goat milk
Norwegian Bokmål geitost
  • geitostcheese produced by goat milk
Polish ser kozi, kozi ser
  • ser kozicheese produced by goat milk
  • kozi sercheese produced by goat milk
Portuguese queijo de cabra
  • queijo de cabracheese produced by goat milk
Russian ко́зий сыр
  • ко́зий сыр (kózij syr)cheese produced by goat milk
Spanish queso de cabra
  • queso de cabracheese produced by goat milk
Swedish getost
  • getostcheese produced by goat milk
Turkish keçi peyniri
  • keçi peyniricheese produced by goat milk
Ukrainian ко́зячий сир
  • ко́зячий сир (kózjačyj syr)cheese produced by goat milk
Vietnamese phô mai dê, pho mát dê
  • phô mai dêcheese produced by goat milk
  • pho mát dêcheese produced by goat milk
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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