fromage

French

Etymology

From Middle French froumaige, formage, from Old French formage, fourmage, frumage, fromage, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin formāticum, from *formāticus [caseus], from Latin formō, formāre; cognates include Occitan and Catalan formatge, Italian formaggio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔ.maʒ/

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Noun

fromage m (plural fromages)

1. cheese

Synonyms

• (Louisiana): formage m

Derived terms

• fromager, fromagère
• fromagerie

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: fromaj
• Louisiana Creole: fromaj
• Mauritian Creole: fromaz
• Seychellois Creole: fromaz
• Esperanto: fromaĝo
• Vietnamese: pho mát
• Malagasy: foromazy

Further reading

• “fromage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norman

Alternative forms

• fronmage (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French fromage, from Vulgar Latin, Late Latin formāticum, from Latin formō, formāre (“shape, form, fashion, format”, verb).

Noun

fromage m (plural fromages)

1. (Guernsey) cheese

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Old French

Alternative forms

• frumage
• formage
• fourmage

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin formāticum, from *formāticus [caseus], from Latin formō, formāre.

Noun

fromage oblique singular, m (oblique plural fromages, nominative singular fromages, nominative plural fromage)

1. cheese

Descendants

• Gallo: fórmaij
• Italian: formaggio (borrowing)
• Middle French: formage, froumaige
  • French: fromage
• Norman: fronmage, fromage
• Walloon: froumadje