# cheddar
## English
### Etymology

From Cheddar cheese. The slang use meaning "money, currency" may be derived from association with cheese (“wealth”), probably from Persian چیز (čiz, “thing”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛdə(ɹ)/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛdə(ɹ)

### Noun

cheddar (countable and uncountable, plural cheddars)
* A cheese styled after the Cheddar cheese made in Cheddar.
* (slang) Money, cash, currency.
** 1996, Junior M.A.F.I.A., Get Money:Touch my cheddar, feel my Beretta.

#### Derived terms

* cheddaring
* cheddarlike
* cheddary
* stiff cheddar

#### Translations
### Verb

cheddar (third-person singular simple present cheddars, present participle cheddaring, simple past and past participle cheddared)
* (cheese making) To cut and press cheese so as to remove the whey and leave drier curds.

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English cheddar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʃedːɑr/, [ˈt̪ʃe̞dːɑ̝r]
* Rhymes: -edːɑr

### Noun

cheddar
* cheddar (cheese)

#### Usage notes

Although used to refer to Cheddar cheese, the term in Finland is sometimes also used to refer to processed cheese (sulatejuusto), although having nothing to do with Cheddar cheese.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of cheddar (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cheddarini
cheddarini
accusative
nom.
cheddarini
cheddarini
gen.
cheddarini
genitive
cheddarini
cheddarieni cheddareideni cheddareitteni
partitive
cheddariani
cheddareitani cheddarejani
inessive
cheddarissani
cheddareissani
elative
cheddaristani
cheddareistani
illative
cheddariini
cheddareihini
adessive
cheddarillani
cheddareillani
ablative
cheddariltani
cheddareiltani
allative
cheddarilleni
cheddareilleni
essive
cheddarinani
cheddareinani
translative
cheddarikseni
cheddareikseni
abessive
cheddarittani
cheddareittani
instructive
comitative
—cheddareineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cheddarisi
cheddarisi
accusative
nom.
cheddarisi
cheddarisi
gen.
cheddarisi
genitive
cheddarisi
cheddariesi cheddareidesi cheddareittesi
partitive
cheddariasi
cheddareitasi cheddarejasi
inessive
cheddarissasi
cheddareissasi
elative
cheddaristasi
cheddareistasi
illative
cheddariisi
cheddareihisi
adessive
cheddarillasi
cheddareillasi
ablative
cheddariltasi
cheddareiltasi
allative
cheddarillesi
cheddareillesi
essive
cheddarinasi
cheddareinasi
translative
cheddariksesi
cheddareiksesi
abessive
cheddarittasi
cheddareittasi
instructive
comitative
—cheddareinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cheddarimme
cheddarimme
accusative
nom.
cheddarimme
cheddarimme
gen.
cheddarimme
genitive
cheddarimme
cheddariemme cheddareidemme cheddareittemme
partitive
cheddariamme
cheddareitamme cheddarejamme
inessive
cheddarissamme
cheddareissamme
elative
cheddaristamme
cheddareistamme
illative
cheddariimme
cheddareihimme
adessive
cheddarillamme
cheddareillamme
ablative
cheddariltamme
cheddareiltamme
allative
cheddarillemme
cheddareillemme
essive
cheddarinamme
cheddareinamme
translative
cheddariksemme
cheddareiksemme
abessive
cheddarittamme
cheddareittamme
instructive
comitative
—cheddareinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cheddarinne
cheddarinne
accusative
nom.
cheddarinne
cheddarinne
gen.
cheddarinne
genitive
cheddarinne
cheddarienne cheddareidenne cheddareittenne
partitive
cheddarianne
cheddareitanne cheddarejanne
inessive
cheddarissanne
cheddareissanne
elative
cheddaristanne
cheddareistanne
illative
cheddariinne
cheddareihinne
adessive
cheddarillanne
cheddareillanne
ablative
cheddariltanne
cheddareiltanne
allative
cheddarillenne
cheddareillenne
essive
cheddarinanne
cheddareinanne
translative
cheddariksenne
cheddareiksenne
abessive
cheddarittanne
cheddareittanne
instructive
comitative
—cheddareinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cheddarinsa
cheddarinsa
accusative
nom.
cheddarinsa
cheddarinsa
gen.
cheddarinsa
genitive
cheddarinsa
cheddariensa cheddareidensa cheddareittensa
partitive
cheddariaan cheddariansa
cheddareitaan cheddarejaan cheddareitansa cheddarejansa
inessive
cheddarissaan cheddarissansa
cheddareissaan cheddareissansa
elative
cheddaristaan cheddaristansa
cheddareistaan cheddareistansa
illative
cheddariinsa
cheddareihinsa
adessive
cheddarillaan cheddarillansa
cheddareillaan cheddareillansa
ablative
cheddariltaan cheddariltansa
cheddareiltaan cheddareiltansa
allative
cheddarilleen cheddarillensa
cheddareilleen cheddareillensa
essive
cheddarinaan cheddarinansa
cheddareinaan cheddareinansa
translative
cheddarikseen cheddariksensa
cheddareikseen cheddareiksensa
abessive
cheddarittaan cheddarittansa
cheddareittaan cheddareittansa
instructive
comitative
—cheddareineen cheddareinensa :

#### Synonyms

* cheddarjuusto

#### Derived terms

* cheddarjuusto

### Further reading

* “cheddar”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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 English cheddar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʃɛ.daʁ/ ~ /tʃe.daʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cheddar m (plural cheddars)
* Cheddar cheese

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cheddar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃɛ.dɐʁ/ [ˈʃɛ.dɐh], /ˈʃɛ.deʁ/ [ˈʃɛ.deh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃɛ.dɐʁ/ [ˈʃɛ.dɐh], /ˈʃɛ.deʁ/ [ˈʃɛ.deh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈʃɛ.dɐɾ/, /ˈʃɛ.deɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʃɛ.dɐʁ/ [ˈʃɛ.dɐχ], /ˈʃɛ.deʁ/ [ˈʃɛ.deχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃɛ.daɻ/, /ˈʃɛ.deɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃɛ.daɾ/ [ˈʃɛ.ðaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃɛ.daɾ/ [ˈʃɛ.ðaɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɛ.daɾ/ [ˈt͡ʃɛ.ðaɾ]

### Noun

cheddar m (plural cheddars)
* Cheddar cheese (type of cheese)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cheddar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃedaɾ/ [ˈt͡ʃe.ð̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -edaɾ

### Noun

cheddar m (plural cheddars)
* Cheddar cheese

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English cheddar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɕɛdːar/

### Noun

cheddar c
* cheddar