cheddar

See also: Cheddar

English

Etymology

From Cheddar cheese. The slang use meaning "money, currency" may be derived from association with cheese (“wealth”), probably from Persian چیز‎ (čiz, “thing”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛdə(ɹ)/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛdə(ɹ)

Noun

cheddar (countable and uncountable, plural cheddars)

1. A cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in Cheddar.
2. (slang) Money, cash, currency.
   • 1996, Junior M.A.F.I.A., Get Money:

     Touch my cheddar, feel my Beretta.

Derived terms

• cheddaring

Translations

cheese

• Arabic: شِيدَر‎ m (šidar)

  Egyptian Arabic: شيدر‎ f (šedar)

• Czech: čedar (cs) m
• Finnish: cheddar (fi), cheddarjuusto (fi)
• French: cheddar (fr) m
• Galician: cheddar (gl) m
• German: Cheddar m
• Irish: céadar m
• Korean: 체다 치즈 (cheda chijeu)
• Macedonian: че́дар m (čédar)
• Polish: cheddar (pl) m, czedar m
• Portuguese: cheddar m
• Russian: чеддер (ru) m (čedder)
• Turkish: çedar

Verb

cheddar (third-person singular simple present cheddars, present participle cheddaring, simple past and past participle cheddared)

1. (cheese making) To cut and press cheese so as to remove the whey and leave drier curds.

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheddar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃedːɑr/, [ˈt̪ʃe̞dːɑ̝r]

Noun

cheddar

1. cheddar (cheese)

Usage notes

Although used to refer to Cheddar cheese, the term in Finland is sometimes also used to refer to processed cheese (sulatejuusto), although having nothing to do with Cheddar cheese.

Declension

Inflection of cheddar (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		cheddar	cheddarit
genitive		cheddarin	cheddarien cheddareiden cheddareitten
partitive		cheddaria	cheddareita cheddareja
illative		cheddariin	cheddareihin
		singular	plural
nominative		cheddar	cheddarit
accusative	nom.	cheddar	cheddarit
	gen.	cheddarin
genitive		cheddarin	cheddarien cheddareiden cheddareitten
partitive		cheddaria	cheddareita cheddareja
inessive		cheddarissa	cheddareissa
elative		cheddarista	cheddareista
illative		cheddariin	cheddareihin
adessive		cheddarilla	cheddareilla
ablative		cheddarilta	cheddareilta
allative		cheddarille	cheddareille
essive		cheddarina	cheddareina
translative		cheddariksi	cheddareiksi
abessive		cheddaritta	cheddareitta
instructive		—	cheddarein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of cheddar (type paperi)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative cheddarini cheddarini accusative nom. cheddarini cheddarini gen. cheddarini genitive cheddarini cheddarieni cheddareideni cheddareitteni partitive cheddariani cheddareitani cheddarejani inessive cheddarissani cheddareissani elative cheddaristani cheddareistani illative cheddariini cheddareihini adessive cheddarillani cheddareillani ablative cheddariltani cheddareiltani allative cheddarilleni cheddareilleni essive cheddarinani cheddareinani translative cheddarikseni cheddareikseni abessive cheddarittani cheddareittani instructive — — comitative — cheddareineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative cheddarisi cheddarisi accusative nom. cheddarisi cheddarisi gen. cheddarisi genitive cheddarisi cheddariesi cheddareidesi cheddareittesi partitive cheddariasi cheddareitasi cheddarejasi inessive cheddarissasi cheddareissasi elative cheddaristasi cheddareistasi illative cheddariisi cheddareihisi adessive cheddarillasi cheddareillasi ablative cheddariltasi cheddareiltasi allative cheddarillesi cheddareillesi essive cheddarinasi cheddareinasi translative cheddariksesi cheddareiksesi abessive cheddarittasi cheddareittasi instructive — — comitative — cheddareinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative cheddarimme cheddarimme accusative nom. cheddarimme cheddarimme gen. cheddarimme genitive cheddarimme cheddariemme cheddareidemme cheddareittemme partitive cheddariamme cheddareitamme cheddarejamme inessive cheddarissamme cheddareissamme elative cheddaristamme cheddareistamme illative cheddariimme cheddareihimme adessive cheddarillamme cheddareillamme ablative cheddariltamme cheddareiltamme allative cheddarillemme cheddareillemme essive cheddarinamme cheddareinamme translative cheddariksemme cheddareiksemme abessive cheddarittamme cheddareittamme instructive — — comitative — cheddareinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative cheddarinne cheddarinne accusative nom. cheddarinne cheddarinne gen. cheddarinne genitive cheddarinne cheddarienne cheddareidenne cheddareittenne partitive cheddarianne cheddareitanne cheddarejanne inessive cheddarissanne cheddareissanne elative cheddaristanne cheddareistanne illative cheddariinne cheddareihinne adessive cheddarillanne cheddareillanne ablative cheddariltanne cheddareiltanne allative cheddarillenne cheddareillenne essive cheddarinanne cheddareinanne translative cheddariksenne cheddareiksenne abessive cheddarittanne cheddareittanne instructive — — comitative — cheddareinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative cheddarinsa cheddarinsa accusative nom. cheddarinsa cheddarinsa gen. cheddarinsa genitive cheddarinsa cheddariensa cheddareidensa cheddareittensa partitive cheddariaan cheddariansa cheddareitaan cheddarejaan cheddareitansa cheddarejansa inessive cheddarissaan cheddarissansa cheddareissaan cheddareissansa elative cheddaristaan cheddaristansa cheddareistaan cheddareistansa illative cheddariinsa cheddareihinsa adessive cheddarillaan cheddarillansa cheddareillaan cheddareillansa ablative cheddariltaan cheddariltansa cheddareiltaan cheddareiltansa allative cheddarilleen cheddarillensa cheddareilleen cheddareillensa essive cheddarinaan cheddarinansa cheddareinaan cheddareinansa translative cheddarikseen cheddariksensa cheddareikseen cheddareiksensa abessive cheddarittaan cheddarittansa cheddareittaan cheddareittansa instructive — — comitative — cheddareineen cheddareinensa

Synonyms

• cheddarjuusto

Further reading

• “cheddar”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheddar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃɛ.daʁ/, /tʃe.daʁ/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

cheddar m (plural cheddars)

1. Cheddar cheese

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cheddar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.dɐʁ/ [ˈʃɛ.dɐh], /ˈʃɛ.deʁ/ [ˈʃɛ.deh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.dɐʁ/ [ˈʃɛ.dɐh], /ˈʃɛ.deʁ/ [ˈʃɛ.deh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.dɐɾ/, /ˈʃɛ.deɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.dɐʁ/ [ˈʃɛ.dɐχ], /ˈʃɛ.deʁ/ [ˈʃɛ.deχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.daɻ/, /ˈʃɛ.deɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.daɾ/ [ˈʃɛ.ðaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ.daɾ/ [ˈʃɛ.ðaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.daɾ/ [ˈt͡ʃɛ.ðaɾ]

Noun

cheddar m (plural cheddars)

1. Cheddar cheese (type of cheese)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cheddar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃedaɾ/ [ˈt͡ʃe.ð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -edaɾ

Noun

cheddar m (plural cheddars)

1. Cheddar cheese

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheddar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕɛdːar/

Noun

cheddar c

1. cheddar

Declension

Declension of cheddar
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cheddar	cheddarn	—	—
Genitive	cheddars	cheddarns	—	—