definition of gruyere cheese
GruyÃ¨re and Gruyere redirect here. For other uses of these terms, see GruyÃ¨re (disambiguation). GruyÃ¨re (/É¡ruËËjÉÉr/ or /É¡ráµ»ËjÉÉr/; French pronunciation: â[É¡ÊyjÉÊ], German: Greyerzer) is a hard yellow cheese, named after the town of GruyÃ¨res in Switzerland, and originated in the cantons of Fribourg, Vaud, NeuchÃ¢tel, Jura, and Berne.