Tilsit

See also: tilsit

English

Etymology

From German Tilsit, from the name of the Tilse River, from Old Prussian tilzi (“soggy”).

Noun

Tilsit (uncountable)

The former name of Sovetsk, a city in Kaliningrad Oblast
A light-yellow semihard smear-ripened cheese of East Prussian origin.

Translations

former name of Sovetsk

French: Tilsit (fr) f
German: Tilsit (de) n
Lithuanian: Tilžė ?
Old Prussian: Tilzi ?
Polish: Tylża (pl) f
Russian: Тильзи́т m (Tilʹzít)

cheese

Finnish: tilsitjuusto, Tilsit-juusto
German: Tilsiter m
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: ser tylżycki m
Russian: тильзи́тер m (tilʹzíter)

French

Alternative forms

Tilsitt

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /til.sit/

Proper noun

Tilsit f

Tilsit (former name of Sovetsk, a city in Kaliningrad Oblast)

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