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cașcaval

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cașcaval¹

  • /kaʃ.kaˈval/

Rhymes with -al

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قاشقوال (kaşkaval), from Italian caciocavallo.

noun cașcavaluri · cașcaval · cașcavalul · cașcavalurile

  1. neuter a type of hard or semihard sheep cheese (dairy product)
  2. neuter, slang money, cash

Cașcaval²

Where it comes from

From cașcaval.

proper noun lui Cașcaval

  1. masculine a surname

In English

  • cheese dairy product
  • caciocavallo Italian cheese type
  • kashkaval a group of various traditional yellow cheeses from Turkey and the Balkans

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@misc{cas_caval_2026,
  title = {cașcaval},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/ca%C8%99caval},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}