fromage

fromage — noun

1. a smooth, mild dessert cheese with the texture of thick yogurt, usually mixed wi

1.名詞C2
釋義

a smooth, mild dessert cheese with the texture of thick yogurt, usually mixed with fruit or sugar; the word is borrowed from French, where it simply means 'cheese'.

例句

Lan picked up a small pot of strawberry fromage for her daughter's lunchbox.

compound: strawberry fromage as a packaged dessert

The supermarket's chilled aisle had three flavours of fromage next to the yogurts.

context: chilled aisle near yogurts hints at the product type

同義詞
  • fromage frais

    the full form; identical meaning, slightly more formal on packaging

  • quark

    a similar soft, fresh cheese popular in German-speaking countries

用法筆記

Almost always seen in British English as the short form of 'fromage frais'. In French the same word means cheese in general, but the English borrowing is narrowly restricted to this soft dessert-style cheese.

常見錯誤

I bought some cheddar fromage at the shop.
I bought some cheddar at the shop.
💡'fromage' in English means a soft dessert cheese only, not hard cheeses like cheddar.