cheesecake

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Etymology

cheese +‎ cake

Noun

cheesecake (plural cheesecakes)

1. (countable and uncountable) A pie made of sweetened and flavoured cottage cheese or cream cheese, eggs and milk on a crunchy base.

   Cheesecake is an especially delicious dessert.

2. (uncountable) Imagery of one or more scantily clad, sexually attractive persons, especially young women; pin-ups.

   Company policy forbids displaying cheesecake in the locker rooms.

Translations

dessert food

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乳酪蛋糕 (cmn) (rǔlào dàngāo), 起士蛋糕 (cmn) (qǐshì dàngāo)

• Danish: ostekage (da)
• Dutch: kwarktaart (nl) m and f
• Finnish: juustokakku (fi)
• French: cheesecake (fr) m, tourteau fromager (fr) m

  Canada: gâteau au fromage (fr) m

• German: Käsekuchen (de) m

• Hebrew: עֻגַּת גְּבִינָה (ugát g'viná) f
• Italian: cheesecake (it) f, torta al formaggio (it) f
• Japanese: チーズケーキ (ja) (chīzukēki)
• Polish: sernik (pl) m
• Russian: творожный пирог (ru) (tvoróžnyj piróg) m, творожный пудинг (ru) (tvoróžnyj púding) m, чизкейк (ru) (čízkejk, čizkéjk) m, ватрушка (ru) (vatrúška) f (Russian style)
• Spanish: tarta de queso (es) f
• Swahili: keki ya jibini (sw)
• Turkish: peynirli kek (tr), peynirli pasta (tr)

See also

• beefcake