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cottage cheese

Arabic translation: جبنة الكوتيج


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English term or phrase:cottage cheese
Arabic translation:جبنة الكوتيج
Entered by: Mona Helal
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05:35 Oct 28, 2003
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Marketing - Food & Dairy
English term or phrase: cottage cheese
"try to choose: ... -low fat cheeses such as ricotta or cottage and use smaller amount of fetta cheese.."

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Mona Helal
Local time: 14:56
جبن الكوتاج
Explanation:
low-fat, unsalted cheese. very similar to ricotta
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Deena Moghrabi
Local time: 07:56
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thank you
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3جبن الكوتاج
Deena Moghrabi
3 +4Al-Mawrid suggests جبن الحلومFuad Yahya
1الجبن الأبيض
Shazly


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Al-Mawrid suggests جبن الحلوم


Explanation:
I am not sure if that is entirely appropriate. The name may have been adapted from another kind of cheese.

Fuad Yahya
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 51

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alaa Abdulsalam
1 hr

agree  Mueen Issa
1 hr

agree  Sami Khamou
6 hrs

agree  jenan
10 hrs

agree  globalvil
11 hrs

disagree  rola alaedine: cottage cheese هي "اللبنة" made from milk, the preparation process is the same
2278 days
  -> I am not an expert on the preparation process, but the two products you mention seem entirely different to me, although both are equally unappetizing.
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
جبن الكوتاج


Explanation:
low-fat, unsalted cheese. very similar to ricotta

Deena Moghrabi
Local time: 07:56
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saleh Ayyub
2 hrs

agree  Dikran
12 hrs

agree  AhmedAMS
9 days
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
الجبن الأبيض


Explanation:
هكذا يسمي فى مصر

Shazly
Egypt
Local time: 06:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 15
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Changes made by editors
Jan 14, 2006 - Changes made by Fuad Yahya:
LevelNon-PRO => PRO
Jan 14, 2006 - Changes made by Fuad Yahya:
FieldOther => Marketing
Field (write-in)food => (none)


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