"turophile" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: turophiles [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τυρός (turós, “cheese”) + -phile. Modern coinage; attested since 1930s. Popularized by Clifton Fadiman on American TV quiz show Information Please in 1952. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|τυρός||cheese}} Ancient Greek τυρός (turós, “cheese”), {{suffix|en||phile}} + -phile Head templates: {{en-noun}} turophile (plural turophiles)
  1. a gourmet/connoisseur of cheese Synonyms: caseophile, fromagophile Translations (cheese-lover): fromagophile [feminine, masculine] (French), τυρόφιλος (tyrófilos) [masculine] (Greek), ostfantast [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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