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gruyere

gruyere is the alternative form of Gruyère.

Meaning of Gruyère

Noun

Gruyère (usually uncountable, plural Gruyères)

  1. (usually) A hard yellow cheese originating from Gruyères, Switzerland and made in the cantons of Fribourg.
    • So many Gruyères are chopped […]1935, Advertising & Selling, volume 26, page 27

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Proper noun capitalized: Gruyere

Gruyere

  1. A town in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, central Victoria, Australia

Noun capitalized: Gruyere

Gruyere (usually uncountable, plural Gruyeres)

  1. (alternative, usually) Alternative spelling of Gruyère

Forms of gruyere

pluralGruyeres

Questions about gruyere

What does gruyere mean?
Gruyere means a town in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, central Victoria, Australia.
What is gruyere the alternative form of?
Gruyere is the alternative form of Gruyère.
What part of speech is gruyere?
Gruyere can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near gruyere in the dictionary

  1. grutching
  2. Gruver
  3. Gruvers
  4. Gruwell
  5. Gruwells
  6. gruyere
  7. Gruyère
  8. Gruyères
  9. gruzdevite
  10. grv
  11. GRWM

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gruyere (page history and authors); Gruyere (page history and authors); Gruyère (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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