CUTe-Language-Learning: Fromage: French Cheese

Camembert, the most famous French cheese (CC-BY-SA, NJGJ)

French people like to finish a meal with cheese. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826) was a very famous French gastronome (a person who understands and enjoys delicious food). He once said: "A dessert without cheese is like a beautiful woman with only one eye."

Fromage: French Cheese

French Term	IPA (phonetic transcription)	English equivalent or explanation	Wikipedia Link

French Term	IPA (phonetic transcription)	English equivalent or explanation	Wikipedia Link
Fromage	fʁɔmaʒ	cheese	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese
Fromagerie	fʁɔmaʒʁi	cheese shop
Brie	bʁi	The second most famous French cheese (usually mild-flavored), produced in large “wheels”	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brie
Camembert	kamɑ̃bɛʁ	The most famous French cheese (usually stronger flavored than Brie), produced in small wheels	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camembert_(cheese)
Emmental	emɑ̃tal	“Swiss” cheese (a kind of cheese with holes; cartoon mice are fond of eating it)	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmental_(cheese) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_cheese
Fondue	fɔ̃dy	A melted cheese dish into which people dip pieces of bread, often made with emmental	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fondue
Fromage de chèvre	fʁɔmaʒ.də.ʃɛvʁ	Goat cheese	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat_cheese
Gruyère	ɡʁyjɛʁ kʁɔkməsjø	A Swiss cheese often used for making onion soup and hot sandwiches: croque-monsieur	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruyère_cheese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_onion_soup http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croque-monsieur
Roquefort	ʁɔkfɔʁ	A type of blue cheese, made from ewe’s /ju/ milk	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roquefort 羅克福乾酪: http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/罗克福干酪
La vache qui rit (Literally: "The cow which laughs")	lavaʃkiʁi	The Laughing Cow, a famous brand of processed cheese products	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_vache_qui_rit Registered trademark (to help you recognize this processed cheese in a supermarket)