crème

Alternative forms

• creme

Etymology

Borrowed from French crème.

Noun

crème (plural crèmes)

1. (cooking) A very sugary, fluffy white cream derivative.

Anagrams

• c'mere, merce

Alternative forms

• (colloquial) kreem

Etymology

Borrowed from French crème.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɛm/, /krɛːm/

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Noun

crème f (plural crèmes, diminutive crèmepje n)

1. cream (color)
2. (colloquial) ice cream
3. cream (medicament)

Etymology

From Old French cresme, from Late Latin crama, Transalpine Gaulish word influenced by Latin chrisma (modern French chrême, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɛm/

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• Rhymes: -ɛm
• Homophones: chrême, chrêmes, crèment, crèmes
• Hyphenation: crème

Adjective

crème (invariable)

1. cream (color)

Noun

crème f (plural crèmes)

1. cream
2. (France, colloquial) café crème
3. (Louisiana) ice cream

Verb

crème

1. first-person singular present indicative of crémer
2. third-person singular present indicative of crémer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of crémer
4. second-person singular imperative of crémer

Further reading

• “crème” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Verb

crème

1. First-person singular present of crèmen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of crèmen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of crèmen.
4. Imperative singular of crèmen.

Etymology

From Old French cresme, from Late Latin crāmum, a blend of Gaulish *crama and Late Latin chrisma (“ointment”).

Noun

crème f (plural crèmes)

1. (Jersey) cream