creme
English Edit
Adjective Edit
creme (comparative more creme, superlative most creme)
- Alternative spelling of crème
Noun Edit
creme (countable and uncountable, plural cremes)
- Alternative spelling of crème
Verb Edit
creme (third-person singular simple present cremes, present participle creming, simple past and past participle cremed)
- Alternative spelling of crème
Anagrams Edit
Danish Edit
Etymology Edit
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 Edit
Noun Edit
creme c (singular definite cremen, plural indefinite cremer)
Declension Edit
Descendants Edit
- → Faroese: krem
German Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
creme (indeclinable)
- (color) cream
- Synonyms: cremefarben, cremefarbig
Related terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation Edit
Verb Edit
creme
- inflection of cremen:
Further reading Edit
Italian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
creme f
Anagrams Edit
Middle English Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Old French cresme, creme, craime, a blend of Late Latin crisma (from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma)) and crāmum. Doublet of crisme.
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
creme (uncountable)
- chrism (mixture of oil and balsam)
- cream (fatty part of milk)
- (by extension) A cream dish.
- (rare) The sacrament of Confirmation.
Descendants Edit
- English: cream (see there for further descendants)
References Edit
- “crēme, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “crēme, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 Edit
Verb Edit
creme
- Alternative form of cromen
Portuguese Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- Hyphenation: cre‧me
- Rhymes: -emi
Etymology 1 Edit
Borrowed from French crème,[1][2] from Late Latin crāmum (“skim”), from Gaulish *crama.
Noun Edit
creme m (plural cremes)
- (uncountable) milkfat, cream
- Synonym: nata
- (uncountable) any substance of similar texture
- an amount or type of the substance
- cream (color)
Quotations Edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:creme.
Synonyms Edit
- (cream (milk product)): nata
Related terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb Edit
creme
- inflection of cremar:
Quotations Edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cremar.
See also Edit
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 Edit
- ^ “creme” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- ^ “creme” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
creme
Spanish Edit
Verb Edit
creme
- inflection of cremar: