fromage

[fraw-mazh]

noun French.

cheese¹(defs 1, 2).

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Historical Examples of fromage

In place of strawberry fromage any other kind of fromage may be used.
Desserts and Salads
Gesine Lemcke
Characterized as a classic French fromage "with Huge-like Romanticism."
The Complete Book of Cheese
Robert Carlton Brown
She laughs with her lips, to deceive him; but the fromage fouett awaits me; adieu, my friend!
My Neighbor Raymond (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XI)
Charles Paul de Kock
Save for a waistband of yellow silk, he was clad wholly in that dead white which is known as fromage la crme.
A Transient Guest
Edgar Saltus
This class of Blue or marbled cheese is called fromage persillé, as well as fromage bleu and pate bleue.
The Complete Book of Cheese
Robert Carlton Brown

Word Origin and History for fromage

French for "cheese," from French fromage, formage (13c.), from Medieval Latin formaticum (cf. Italian formaggio), a derivation from Latin forma "shape, form, mold" (cf Medieval Latin casei forma; see form (v.)).