creme

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

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French crème.

Noun

creme (countable and uncountable, plural cremes)

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

Usage notes

  • Used instead of "cream" mainly in the contexts of cookery, liqueurs, confectionery, and cosmetics.

Anagrams

German

Etymology 1

From French crème.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʀeːm], [kʀɛːm]
  • Hyphenation: creme

Adjective

creme (not comparable)

  1. (color, indeclinable) cream

Synonyms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʀeːmə]

Verb

creme

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

creme f

  1. plural of crema

Anagrams

Middle English

Verb

creme

  1. Alternative form of cromen

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Late Latin crāmum (“skim”), from Gaulish *crama.

Noun

creme m (plural cremes)

  1. (uncountable) milkfat, cream
  2. (uncountable) any substance of similar texture
  3. an amount or type of the substance
  4. cream (color)

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:creme.

Synonyms
  • (cream (milk product)): nata

Etymology 2

Verb

creme

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of cremar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of cremar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of cremar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of cremar

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:cremar.

See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)
     branco      cinza      preto      castanho,
marrom
             rosa,
cor-de-rosa		              vermelho ; carmim              laranja,
cor-de-laranja		              amarelo ; creme
             verde-limão              verde                           ciano ; azul-petróleo
             azul céu              azul              violeta ; índigo,
anil		              magenta ; roxo

Spanish

Verb

creme

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of cremar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cremar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cremar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of cremar.
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