fromage blanc
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.12 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Sweet, clean Fromages Blancs – plain, herbed, tomato-garlic-basil and apricot-honey."
- "Seventy-five cheeses, one ewe’s cheese, two Italian cheeses, one Auvergne cheese, one Boursin, two Brillat-Savarins, eleven Bries, one Cabécou, four goats’ cheeses, two crottins, eight Camemberts, fifteen cantals, one Sicilian cheese, one Sardinian cheeses,^([sic]) one Epoisses, one Murols, three fromages blancs, one goat’s-milk fromage blanc, nine Fontainebleaus, five mozzarellas, five Munsters, one Reblochon, one Swiss raclette, one Stilton, one Saint-Marcellin, one Saint-Nectaire, one yogurt."
- "It was certainly an old smell – of that I could be certain. But it was not, I was sure, produced by any of the three thousand one hundred and twenty-six cheeses, yoghurts and fromages blancs that were being stored in the crypt."
- "They specialize in fromage blancs and firmer cheeses marinated in herbed olive oil."
- "Most American fromage blancs are made from whole cow’s milk, are lovely and lightly creamy, and are tantalizing enough in their freshness alone."
- "There are plenty of other fromage blancs that are delicious, but we think that this is the best readily available Spanish one in the states."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French