cheeseburger

See also: Cheeseburger

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin cāseusbor.

Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz

Proto-West Germanic *kāsī

Old English ċīese

Middle English chese

English cheese

English hamburger

English cheeseburger

Blend of cheese +‎ hamburger (1928). By surface analysis, cheese +‎ -burger.

Pronunciation

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Noun

A cheeseburger.

cheeseburger (plural cheeseburgers)

1. A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).

   Synonym: (rare, nonstandard) cheesehamburger

   • 1956, Frank O'Hara, A Step Away from Them‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2007, Loretta Ichord, Double Cheeseburgers, Quiche, and Vegetarian Burritos, page 48:

     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.

2. (military, slang) The BLU-82 bomb.

   Synonyms: Big Blue 82, daisy cutter

Derived terms

• cheeseburgery
• minicheeseburger

Related terms

• See burger

Translations

hamburger with cheese

• Arabic: تْشِيز بَرْغَر m (tšīz barḡar), تْشِيز بَرْجَر m (tšīz bargar)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 芝士漢堡 / 芝士汉堡 (zi¹ si^6-2 hon³ bou²)

  Mandarin: 起司堡 (zh) (qǐsībǎo), 乳酪漢堡 / 乳酪汉堡 (zh) (rǔlào hànbǎo)

• Dutch: kaasburger (nl) m or f
• Estonian: juustuburger, juustuburks (slang)
• Faroese: ostaburgari m
• Finnish: juustohampurilainen
• French: cheeseburger (fr) m, hamburger au fromage (fr) m, hambourgeois au fromage (fr) m, cheese (fr) m
• German: Cheeseburger (de) m
• Greek: τσίζμπεργκερ (tsízmpergker), τσίσμπεργκερ (tsísmpergker)
• Hebrew: צ׳יזבורגר m
• Hungarian: sajtburger (hu)
• Icelandic: ostborgari
• Italian: cheeseburger (it) m, hamburger al formaggio m, amburghese al formaggio m (rare), cacioburghese m (humorous)
• Japanese: チーズバーガー (ja) (chīzubāgā)
• Korean: 치즈버거 (chijeubeogeo)
• Marathi: चीजबर्गर m (cījbargar)
• Norman: bourgaille à fronmage f
• Persian: چیزبرگر (čizberger)
• Polish: cheeseburger (pl) m
• Portuguese: cheeseburger (pt) m, X-burguer m (Brazil)
• Romanian: cheeseburger m
• Russian: чи́збургер (ru) m (čízburger)
• Serbo-Croatian: чизбургер m, čizburger (sh) m
• Spanish: hamburguesa con queso f
• Swedish: ostburgare (sv) c, cheeseburgare (sv) c

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheeseburger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃiːzˌbʏr.ɣər/, /ˈtʃiːzˌbʏr.ɡər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: cheese‧bur‧ger

Noun

cheeseburger m (plural cheeseburgers, no diminutive)

1. cheeseburger

   Synonym: kaasburger

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from American English cheeseburger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃiz.bœʁ.ɡœʁ | tʃiz.byʁ.ɡœʁ/

Noun

cheeseburger m (plural cheeseburgers)

1. cheeseburger

   Synonyms: hamburger au fromage, cheese

   Hypernym: hamburger

Related terms

• burger

Further reading

• “cheeseburger”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse
• “cheeseburger” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheeseburger.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

cheeseburger m (invariable)

1. cheeseburger

Polish

cheeseburger

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from American English cheeseburger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʂizˈbur.ɡɛr/, /ˈt͡ʂiz.bur.ɡɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -urɡɛr, -izburɡɛr
• Syllabification: cheese‧bur‧ger

Noun

cheeseburger m animal (related adjective cheeseburgerowy)

1. cheeseburger (hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese))

   Hypernym: kanapka

   Coordinate terms: burger, fishburger, hamburger

Declension

Declension of cheeseburger

	singular	plural
nominative	cheeseburger	cheeseburgery
genitive	cheeseburgera	cheeseburgerów
dative	cheeseburgerowi	cheeseburgerom
accusative	cheeseburger/cheeseburgera	cheeseburgery
instrumental	cheeseburgerem	cheeseburgerami
locative	cheeseburgerze	cheeseburgerach
vocative	cheeseburgerze	cheeseburgery

Further reading

• cheeseburger in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• cheeseburger in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• cheeseburger in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cheeseburger.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃizˈbuʁ.ɡeʁ/ [ʃizˈbuɦ.ɡeh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃizˈbuʁ.ɡeʁ/ [ʃizˈbuɦ.ɡeh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʃizˈbuɾ.ɡeɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃiʒˈbuʁ.ɡeʁ/ [ʃiʒˈbuʁ.ɡeχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʃizˈbuɻ.ɡeɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃiʒˈbuɾ.ɡɛɾ/ [ʃiʒˈβuɾ.ɣɛɾ]

• Rhymes: -uʁɡeʁ, -uɾɡɛɾ
• Hyphenation: cheese‧bur‧ger

Noun

cheeseburger m (plural cheeseburgers)

1. cheeseburger (hamburger sandwich with cheese)

   Synonym: (Brazil) X-búrguer

Further reading

• “cheeseburger”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cheeseburger.

Noun

cheeseburger m (plural cheeseburgeri)

1. cheeseburger

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cheeseburger	cheeseburgerul		cheeseburgeri	cheeseburgerii
genitive-dative	cheeseburger	cheeseburgerului		cheeseburgeri	cheeseburgerilor
vocative	cheeseburgerule			cheeseburgerilor