EuroLex/F/Camembert


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: camembert - 1. camembert cheese (a mellow, soft cheese, the center of which is creamy and of a golden cream color, made from cow's milk); 2. pie-chart

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
Etymology: Derived from the name of a village near Argentan, France, where it was originally made. Napoleon is said to have christened this cheese "Camembert", after the Norman village where a farmer's wife first served it to him.

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