cheesecake

English

Etymology

From cheese +‎ cake.

Noun

cheesecake (countable and uncountable, 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 young women; pin-ups.

   Synonym: leg art

   Company policy forbids displaying cheesecake in the locker rooms.

Derived terms

• cheesecakey
• no-bake cheesecake

Coordinate terms

• (photography): beefcake

Translations

dessert food

• Arabic: كَعْكَة الْجُبْنِ f (kaʕka(t) al-jubni), تْشِيز كَيْك (tšīz kayk)
• Armenian: շոռակարկանդակ (hy) (šoṙakarkandak), չիզքեյք (čʻizkʻeykʻ)
• Basque: gazta-tarta
• Catalan: pastís de formatge m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 芝士蛋糕 (zi¹ si^6-2 daan⁶ gou¹)

  Mandarin: 乳酪蛋糕 (zh) (rǔlào dàngāo), 起士蛋糕 (zh) (qǐshì dàngāo), 凝乳蛋糕 (níngrǔ dàngāo), 酪餅／酪饼 (zh), 酪饼 (zh) (làobǐng), 起司蛋糕 (zh) (qǐsī dàngāo), 芝士蛋糕 (zh) (zhīshì dàngāo)

• Danish: ostekage c
• Dutch: kwarktaart (nl) m or f, kaastaart m or f
• Esperanto: fromaĝkuko
• Estonian: juustusai, kohupiimakook, kodujuustukook
• Finnish: juustokakku (fi), rahkatorttu
• French: cheesecake (fr) m, cheese-cake (fr) m, cheese cake (fr) m, (Canada) gâteau au fromage (fr) m, tarte au fromage f
• Galician: torta de queixo f
• German: Käsekuchen (de) m, Quarkkuchen (de) m, Käsesahnetorte f, (Austria) Topfentorte f
• Greek: τσίζκεϊκ n (tsízkeïk), τσιζκέικ n (tsizkéik), τσεισκέικ n (tseiskéik), κέικ τυριού n (kéik tyrioú), κέικ με τυρί n (kéik me tyrí)
• Hebrew: עוגת גבינה \ עֻגַּת גְּבִינָה (he) f ('ugát g'viná)
• Hindi: चीज़केक (cīzkek)
• Hungarian: sajttorta
• Icelandic: ostakaka f
• Indonesian: cheesecake, kue keju
• Irish: císte cáise m
• Italian: cheesecake f, torta al formaggio f
• Japanese: チーズケーキ (ja) (chīzukēki)
• Kannada: ಚೀಜ಼್‍ಕೇಕ್ (cīz‍kēk)
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• Korean: 치즈케이크 (chijeukeikeu)
• Latin: scriblīta f
• Malay: kek keju
• Mongolian: чийзкэйк (čiizkejk), бяслагтай бялуу (bjaslagtaj bjaluu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ostekake (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: ostekake f

• Persian: کیک پنیر (fa) (keyk panir), چیز کیک (čiz keyk)
• Polish: sernik (pl) m
• Portuguese: cheesecake m, bolo de queijo m
• Romanian: prăjitură cu brânză f, cheesecake n
• Russian: творо́жный пиро́г m (tvoróžnyj piróg), творо́жный пу́динг m (tvoróžnyj púding), чи́зкейк (ru) m (čízkejk), чизке́йк (ru) m (čizkéjk), (Russian version) ватру́шка (ru) f (vatrúška)
• Scottish Gaelic: cèic-càise f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: то̑рта са сиром f

  Roman: tȏrta sa sirom f

• Spanish: pastel de queso m, (Spain) tarta de queso f, (Mexico) pay de queso m, (Venezuela) torta de queso f, (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela) cheesecake m
• Swahili: keki ya jibini
• Swedish: cheesecake (sv) c, amerikansk ostkaka c, (Swedish version) ostkaka (sv) c, osttårta c
• Tamil: மாப்பணியார வகை (māppaṇiyāra vakai)
• Telugu: వకతరహా మిఠాయి (vakatarahā miṭhāyi)
• Turkish: peynirli kek, peynirli pasta, çizkek
• Ukrainian: сирний пиріг m (syrnyj pyrih), чізкейк m (čizkejk)
• Vietnamese: bánh kem, bánh pho mát
• Welsh: cacen gaws (cy) f, teisen gaws f

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheesecake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʃisˈkeik/, /tʃisˈkɛik/

Noun

cheesecake f (uncountable)

1. cheesecake (type of pie)

Synonyms

• torta al formaggio

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheesecake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃisˈkej.ki/, /t͡ʃisˈkejk/, /t͡ʃisˈkej.ki/

Noun

cheesecake m (plural cheesecakes)

1. cheesecake (type of pie)

Synonyms

• bolo de queijo

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English cheesecake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiskeik/ [ˈt͡ʃis.kei̯k]

Noun

cheesecake m (plural cheesecakes)

1. cheesecake