cheeseburger en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin cāseusbor. Proto-Germanic *kāsijaz Proto-West Germanic *kāsī Old English ċīese Middle English chese English cheese Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂mder. Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂méh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *hanmōder.? Proto-Germanic *hammō Old High German hammeder.? Old High German Hamme Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰs? Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *bʰérgʰs? Proto-Germanic *burgz Proto-West Germanic *burg Old High German burg Old High German Hammaburg German Hamburg Proto-Indo-European *wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Germanic *warjaną Proto-Germanic *warjaz ▲ Proto-Germanic *-ārijazinflu. Old High German -āri Middle High German -ære German -er German Hamburgerder. English hamburger English cheeseburger Blend of cheese + hamburger (1928). By surface analysis, cheese + -burger.
Meanings
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A hamburger containing cheese (usually one or more slices of processed cheese).
Neon in daylight is a / great pleasure, as Edwin Denby would / write, as are light bulbs in daylight. / I stop for a cheeseburger at JULIET'S / CORNER.
1956, Frank O'Hara, A Step Away from Them:Busy Americans (many women were working and not cooking as much) were dining on foods such as deep-fried chicken, thick slices of pizza, double cheeseburgers, and big slabs of steak.
2007, Loretta Ichord, Double Cheeseburgers, Quiche, and Vegetarian Burritos, page 48:
- (slang) The BLU-82 bomb.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cheeseburgers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cheeseburgery · minicheeseburger
Relateds
Synonyms
Big Blue 82 · cheesehamburger · daisy cutter
Translations (39)
fr hambourgeois au fromage (hamburger with cheese) · sh čizburger (hamburger with cheese) · pl cheeseburger (hamburger with cheese) · pt cheeseburger (hamburger with cheese) · et juustuburks (hamburger with cheese) · it amburghese al formaggio (hamburger with cheese) · ro cheeseburger (hamburger with cheese) · sv ostburgare (hamburger with cheese) · pt X-burguer (hamburger with cheese) · de Cheeseburger (hamburger with cheese) · sv cheeseburgare (hamburger with cheese) · it hamburger al formaggio (hamburger with cheese) · sh чизбургер (hamburger with cheese) · cmn 起司堡 (hamburger with cheese) · fr cheese (hamburger with cheese) · fr cheeseburger (hamburger with cheese) · mr चीजबर्गर (hamburger with cheese) · hu sajtburger (hamburger with cheese) · cmn 乳酪漢堡 /乳酪汉堡 (hamburger with cheese) · ko 치즈버거 (hamburger with cheese) · ar تْشِيز بَرْغَر (hamburger with cheese) · yue 芝士漢堡 /芝士汉堡 (hamburger with cheese) · ar تْشِيز بَرْجَر (hamburger with cheese) · fi juustohampurilainen (hamburger with cheese) · nl kaasburger (hamburger with cheese) · es hamburguesa con queso (hamburger with cheese) · et juustuburger (hamburger with cheese) · el τσίσμπεργκερ (hamburger with cheese) · fa چیزبرگر (hamburger with cheese) · is ostborgari (hamburger with cheese) · he צ׳יזבורגר (hamburger with cheese) · ja チーズバーガー (hamburger with cheese) · el τσίζμπεργκερ (hamburger with cheese) · ru чи́збургер (hamburger with cheese) · nrf bourgaille à fronmage (hamburger with cheese) · it cacioburghese (hamburger with cheese) · fr hamburger au fromage (hamburger with cheese) · fo ostaburgari (hamburger with cheese) · it cheeseburger (hamburger with cheese)