creme

See also: Creme, crémé, cremé, crème, and Crème

English

Adjective

creme (comparative more creme, superlative most creme)

  1. Alternative spelling of crème

Noun

creme (countable and uncountable, plural cremes)

  1. Alternative spelling of crème

Verb

creme (third-person singular simple present cremes, present participle creming, simple past and past participle cremed)

  1. Alternative spelling of crème

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From French crème, a merger of Late Latin chrisma (ointment) (from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma, unguent)) and Late Latin crama (skim) (from Gaulish *crama).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʰʁ̥ɛˀm]

Noun

creme c (singular definite cremen, plural indefinite cremer)

  1. cream
  2. custard
  3. polish

Declension

Descendants

  • Faroese: krem

German

Etymology 1

From French crème.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʁeːm], [kʁɛːm]
  • Hyphenation: creme
  • (file)

Adjective

creme (indeclinable)

  1. cream (color/colour)
    Synonyms: cremefarben, cremefarbig

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʁeːmə]
  • Hyphenation: cre‧me

Verb

creme

  1. inflection of cremen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Further reading

  • creme” in Duden online
  • creme” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɛ.me/
  • Rhymes: -ɛme
  • Hyphenation: crè‧me

Noun

creme f

  1. plural of crema

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French cresme, creme, craime, a blend of Late Latin crisma (from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma)) and crāmum. Doublet of crisme.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɛːm(ə)/

Noun

creme (uncountable)

  1. chrism (mixture of oil and balsam)
  2. cream (fatty part of milk)
  3. (by extension) A cream dish.
  4. (rare) The sacrament of Confirmation.
Descendants
  • English: cream (see there for further descendants)
References

Verb

creme

  1. Alternative form of cromen

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɾẽ.mi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɾe.me/

  • Hyphenation: cre‧me
  • Rhymes: -emi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French crème,[1][2] from Late Latin crāmum (skim), from Gaulish *crama.

Noun

creme m (plural cremes)

  1. (uncountable) milkfat, cream
    Synonym: nata
  2. (uncountable) any substance of similar texture
  3. an amount or type of the substance
  4. cream (color/colour)
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:creme.

Synonyms
  • (cream (milk product)): nata

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

creme

  1. inflection of cremar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cremar.

See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)
     branco, alvo, cândido      cinza, gris,
cinzento
     preto, negro, atro
             vermelho,
encarnado, rubro,
salmão; carmim
             laranja,
cor de laranja; castanho,
marrom
             amarelo, lúteo; creme,
ocre
             verde-limão              verde              verde-água; verde-menta
             ciano,
turquesa; azul-petróleo
             azul-celeste              azul, índigo, anil
             violeta,
lilás
             magenta; roxo, púrpura              rosa,
cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

References

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkre.me/

Noun

creme

  1. plural of cremă

Spanish

Verb

creme

  1. inflection of cremar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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