vacherin

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French vacherin, from Franco-Provençal [Term?]. The dessert was likely named for its resemblance to the round shape of vacherin cheese wheels. === Noun === vacherin (countable and uncountable, plural vacherins) A soft cow's-milk cheese from France and Switzerland. (countable, dated) A cake-shaped dessert made of an almond paste shell filled with (non-frozen) double cream and topped with whipped cream. (countable) Ellipsis of vacherin glacé. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Franco-Provençal [Term?]. The dessert was likely named for its resemblance to the round shape of vacherin cheese wheels. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vaʃ.ʁɛ̃/ === Noun === vacherin m (plural vacherins) vacherin (a soft cow's-milk cheese from France and Switzerland) (dated) vacherin (a cake-shaped dessert made of an almond paste shell filled with (non-frozen) double cream and topped with whipped cream) ellipsis of vacherin glacé ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: vacherin → German: Vacherin → Russian: вашрен (vašren) === Further reading === “vacherin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012