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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vacherin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
vacherin
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A soft cow's-milk cheese from France and Switzerland.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A cake-shaped dessert made of an almond paste shell filled with (non-frozen) double cream and topped with whipped cream.

Countable; Dated

noun

Ellipsis of vacherin glacé.

Countable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French vacherin, from Franco-Provençal [Term?]. The dessert was likely named for its resemblance to the round shape of vacherin cheese wheels.

Usage

Inflected Forms

vacherins (plural)

Phrases

frozen vacherin vacherin glacé

Frequently Paired Words

vacherin glacé

Questions

What does vacherin mean?
A soft cow's-milk cheese from France and Switzerland.
Where does vacherin come from?
Borrowed from French vacherin, from Franco-Provençal [Term?]. The dessert was likely named for its resemblance to the round shape of vacherin cheese wheels.

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