fontinan.
/fɒnˈtiːnə/, U.S. /fɑnˈtinə/ Also with capital initial. More fully fontina cheese. A pale yellow semi-hard Italian cheese made from cow's milk.
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goat cheeseOE
green cheesec1390
rowen cheesea1425
bred-cheesec1440
hard cheesec1470
ruen cheese1510
parmesan1538
spermyse1542
angelot1573
cow-cheese1583
goat's cheese1588
Cheshire Cheese1597
eddish-cheese1615
nettle cheese1615
aftermath cheese1631
marsolini1636
Suffolk cheese1636
Cheddar cheesea1661
rowen1673
parmigianoa1684
raw-milk cheesea1687
fleet cheese1688
sage-cheese1714
Rhode Island cheese1733
Stilton cheese1736
Roquefort cheese1762
American cheese1763
fodder cheese1784
Old Peg1785
blue cheese1787
Dunlop cheese1793
Wiltshire1794
Gloucester1802
Gruyère1802
Neufchâtel1814
Limburger cheese1817
Dunlop1818
fog cheese1822
Swiss cheese1822
Suffolk thumpa1825
Stilton1826
skim dick1827
stracchino cheese1832
Blue Vinney1836
Edam1836
Schabzieger1837
sapsago1846
Munster1858
mysost1861
napkin cheese1865
provolone1865
Roquefort1867
Suffolk bang1867
Leicester1874
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Port Salut1881
Wensleydale1881
Gouda1885
primost1889
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Suisse1891
bondon1894
Petit Suisse1895
Gervais1896
Lancashire1896
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reggiano1896
Romano1897
fontina1898
Caerphilly cheese1901
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Emmental1902
Liptauer1902
farmer cheese1904
robiola1907
gjetost1908
reblochon1908
scamorza1908
Cabrales1910
Jack1910
pimento cheese1910
mozzarella1911
pimiento cheese1911
Monterey cheese1912
processed cheese1918
Tillamook1918
tvorog1918
anari1919
process cheese1923
Bel Paese1926
pecorino1931
Oka1936
Parmigiano–Reggiano1936
vacherin1936
Monterey Jack1940
Red Leicester1940
demi-sel1946
tomme1946
Danish blue1948
Tilsit1950
St.-Maure1951
Samsoe1953
Havarti1954
paneer1954
taleggio1954
feta1956
St. Paulin1956
bleu cheese1957
Manchego1957
Ilchester1963
Dolcelatte1964
chèvre1965
Chaource1966
Windsor Red1969
halloumi1970
Montrachet1973
Chaumes1976
Lymeswold1981
cambozola1984
yarg1984
1898 Standard 17 Mar. 2/3 The cheese most extensively produced in Italy is Parmesan, other important varieties being Gorgonzola, Emmenthal, the Stracchino of Lombardy, the Fontina of the Valley of Aosta.
1960 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 22 May 3/2 A detail of 200 killers-in-skirts raided a detached freight car full of ‘robiola’ and ‘fontina’, local cheeses that were popular with the German mess halls.
1996 Guardian 17 Feb. (Weekend Suppl.) 30/1 Fonduta can be tricky to make in this country, not least because fontina cheese is hardly a regular item on supermarket shelves.
2009 New Yorker 9 Mar. 14/2 Buckwheat pasta ribbons baked with a salty mélange of sage, Fontina, and Brussels sprouts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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