emmental
common nounproper noun
Syllable Decomposition
emmentalBorrowed from German Emmenthaler. The latter comes from the valley, Thal in German, of the Emme, a river in Switzerland. This region was formerly called Emmenthal, hence the original spelling of the word: Emmenthal. It is its current form according to the German orthographic reform of 1901, Emmental, which has given the spelling without h.
Definition
Plural
emmentals
Translations
german:Emmentaler
english:Swiss cheese
See also
emmenthal (cn.) Emmental (pn.)