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Gorgonzola cheese
gorgonzola
gorgonzola
English
Etymology
From Italian Gorgonzola, a town in northern Italy where the cheese originated.
Pronunciation
Noun
gorgonzola (countable and uncountable, plural gorgonzolas)
Translations
Italian cheese
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Czech
Noun
gorgonzola f
Declension
Declension of gorgonzola (hard feminine)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gorgonzola | gorgonzoly |
| genitive | gorgonzoly | gorgonzol |
| dative | gorgonzole | gorgonzolám |
| accusative | gorgonzolu | gorgonzoly |
| vocative | gorgonzolo | gorgonzoly |
| locative | gorgonzole | gorgonzolách |
| instrumental | gorgonzolou | gorgonzolami |
Further reading
- “gorgonzola”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “gorgonzola”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish
Etymology
From Italian gorgonzola.
Pronunciation
Noun
gorgonzola
Declension
| Inflection of gorgonzola (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | gorgonzola | — | |
| genitive | gorgonzolan | — | |
| partitive | gorgonzolaa | — | |
| illative | gorgonzolaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | gorgonzola | — | |
| accusative | nom. | gorgonzola | — |
| gen. | gorgonzolan | ||
| genitive | gorgonzolan | — | |
| partitive | gorgonzolaa | — | |
| inessive | gorgonzolassa | — | |
| elative | gorgonzolasta | — | |
| illative | gorgonzolaan | — | |
| adessive | gorgonzolalla | — | |
| ablative | gorgonzolalta | — | |
| allative | gorgonzolalle | — | |
| essive | gorgonzolana | — | |
| translative | gorgonzolaksi | — | |
| abessive | gorgonzolatta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “gorgonzola”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian gorgonzola.
Pronunciation
Noun
gorgonzola m (plural gorgonzolas)
Further reading
- “gorgonzola”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Italian
Etymology
From the commune in Milan called Gorgonzola.
Pronunciation
Noun
gorgonzola m (invariable)
- gorgonzola cheese
- Hypernym: formaggio
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian gorgonzola.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔr.ɡɔnˈd͡zɔ.la/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔla
- Syllabification: gor‧gon‧zo‧la
- Homophone: Gorgonzola
Noun
gorgonzola f
- gorgonzola (blue-veined Italian cheese, made from cow's milk)
Declension
Declension of gorgonzola
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gorgonzola | gorgonzole |
| genitive | gorgonzoli | gorgonzoli |
| dative | gorgonzoli | gorgonzolom |
| accusative | gorgonzolę | gorgonzole |
| instrumental | gorgonzolą | gorgonzolami |
| locative | gorgonzoli | gorgonzolach |
| vocative | gorgonzolo | gorgonzole |
Further reading
- gorgonzola in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gorgonzola in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- gorgonzola in PWN's encyclopedia
Swedish
Noun
gorgonzola c
- gorgonzola (cheese)
- Synonym: gorgonzolaost
Declension
Declension of gorgonzola
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | gorgonzola | gorgonzolas |
| definite | gorgonzolan | gorgonzolans | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — | |
See also
- mögelost (“blue cheese”)