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creme

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

English

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Adjective

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creme (comparative more creme, superlative most creme)

  1. Alternative spelling of crème

Noun

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creme (countable and uncountable, plural cremes)

  1. Alternative spelling of crème

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Verb

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

  1. Alternative spelling of crème

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Danish

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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creme c (singular definite cremen, plural indefinite cremer)

  1. cream
  2. custard
  3. polish

Declension

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Declension of creme
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative creme cremen cremer cremerne
genitive cremes cremens cremers cremernes

Descendants

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  • → Faroese: krem

German

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Etymology 1

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From French crème.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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creme (indeclinable)

  1. cream (color/colour)
    Synonyms: cremefarben, cremefarbig
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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creme

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

Further reading

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

Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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creme f

  1. plural of crema

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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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
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  • English: cream (see there for further descendants)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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creme

  1. Alternative form of cromen

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: cre‧me
  • Rhymes: -emi

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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)
    • 1890, Aluísio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:
      O enterro da pequenita foi feito à custa de Léonie, que apareceu às três da tarde, vestida de cetineta cor de creme, num carrinho dirigido por um cocheiro de calção de flanela branca e libré agaloada de ouro.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
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  • (cream (milk product)): nata
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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creme

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

See also

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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-bebê, azul-celeste              azul, índigo, anil
             violeta,
lilás 		             magenta; roxo, púrpura              rosa,
cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

References

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  1. ^ “creme”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “creme”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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creme

  1. plural of cremă

Spanish

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Verb

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creme

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