kasseri

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noun

A medium-hard pale yellow cheese of Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, usually made from unpasteurized sheep milk.

OriginGreek κασέρι ← Ottoman Turkish قاشر ← rup caș →
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Meanings

nounkasseri (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA medium-hard pale yellow cheese of Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, usually made from unpasteurized sheep milk.

Origin

  1. Latincāseus
  2. rupcaș“cheese”
  3. Ottoman Turkishقاشر
  4. Greekκασέρι
  5. Englishkasseri

Borrowed from Greek κασέρι (kaséri), from Ottoman Turkish قاشر (kaşer), from the plural of Aromanian caș (“cheese”), from Latin cāseus.

More words from Greek, Ottoman Turkish, rup

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Translations

French kasséri
  • kasséricheese
German Kasseri
  • Kassericheese
Greek κασέρι
  • κασέρι (kaséri)cheese
Hebrew גבינת קשר
  • גבינת קשרcheese
Spanish kasseri
  • kassericheese
Turkish kaşar
  • kaşarcheese
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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