English → Latin
“cheese” in Latin
cāseuscheesecōnficiōto prepare, accomplish, complete, execute; settle, close a bargain; traverse; to produce, cause, bring about, effect, sefigūrōto form, fashion, shapecāseolusa small cheese
The English word cheese itself goes back to Latin cāseus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cheese
caseus. To make cheese, caseos facere or conficere (general term): caseos formare or figurare (to shape them). Little cheese, caseolus. Soft cheese, mollis caseus (Plaut.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cheese?
- The usual Latin words for “cheese” are cāseus, cōnficiō, figūrō; also cāseolus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.