emmental

common nounproper noun

Syllable Decomposition

emmental

Borrowed 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

  • germangerman:Emmentaler
  • englishenglish:Swiss cheese

See also

emmenthal (cn.) Emmental (pn.)