Bel Paese

See also: belpaese and bel paese

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Bel Paese, from bel paese (literary for “Italy”, literally “fair, beautiful country”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˌbɛl pɑːˈeɪzeɪ/, /ˌbɛl pɑːˈeɪzɪ/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˌbɛl pɑˈeɪzi/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -eɪzi
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: Bel Pa‧e‧se

Noun

Bel Paese (uncountable)

1. A soft, mild, creamy Italian cheese shaped in small disks and produced from cow's milk, originally from Lombardy.

Translations

mild creamy Italian cheese

• Belarusian: Бель Паэ́зэ m (Bjelʹ Paéze)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貝爾·佩塞芝士／贝尔·佩塞芝士, 贝尔·佩塞芝士 (bèiěr pèisāi zhīshì), 貝爾·帕埃塞芝士／贝尔·帕埃塞芝士, 贝尔·帕埃塞芝士 (bèiěr pàāisāi zhīshì)

• Dutch: Bel Paese m
• Finnish: bel paese, belpaese
• French: Bel Paese m
• German: Bel Paese m
• Greek: μπελ παέζε m (bel paéze)
• Italian: Bel Paese m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ベルパエーゼ (beru paēze)
• Korean: 벨 파에제 (bel pa'eje)
• Portuguese: Bel Paese m
• Russian: бель-паэ́зе m (belʹ-paéze)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бел паесе m

  Roman: bel paese (sh) m

• Spanish: Bel Paese m

References

• “Bel Paese”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Italian

Etymology

From bel paese (literary for “Italy”, literally “fair, beautiful country”).

Noun

Bel Paese m (countable and uncountable, plural Bel Paesi)

1. Bel Paese (cheese)

   Hypernym: formaggio