casu martzu
Madenkäse
A kind of sheep milk cheese from Sardinia, riddled with live insect larvaeA kind of sheep milk cheese from Sardinia, riddled with live insect larvae.
UK/ˌkɑːzuː ˈmɑː(ɹ)tsuː/US/ˌkɑzu ˈmɑɹtsu/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A kind of sheep milk cheese from Sardinia, riddled with live insect larvae.
Madenkäse
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
Type of Sardinian cheese containing larvae:
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from Sardinian casu martzu (literally “rotten cheese”).Unadapted borrowing from Sardinian casu martzu (literally “rotten cheese”).
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Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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