crème

== English == === Alternative forms === creme === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French crème. Doublet of cream and crema. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɹɛm/ === Adjective === crème (comparative more crème, superlative most crème) Synonym of cream. === Noun === crème (countable and uncountable, plural crèmes) (cooking) A very sugary, fluffy white cream derivative or creamlike analogue. (cosmetics) Cream. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Czech: krém → Hungarian: krema → Slovak: krém → Slovene: krema → Turkish: krem === Verb === crème (third-person singular simple present crèmes, present participle crèming, simple past and past participle crèmed) To whip into a thick creamy texture. === Further reading === United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (8 August 2019), No. 18–2055‎[1], concerning whether the term “hazelnut crème” is misleading if there is no hazelnut, as opposed to the term “cream” being employed. === Anagrams === McRee, c'mere, merce == Dutch == === Alternative forms === kreem (Belgium, colloquial) === Etymology === Borrowed from French crème. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /krɛm/, /krɛːm(ə)/ Hyphenation: crè‧me === Noun === crème f (plural crèmes, diminutive crèmepje n or crèmeke n) cream (color/colour) (Belgium, colloquial) ice cream 2017 October 15, 'Goesting' (pseud.), "Crème de la crème: hier lik je de lekkerste ijsjes van het land", Het Laatste Nieuws. cream (ointment) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: krèm → Papiamentu: krèm == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French chresme, from Old French cresme, from Late Latin crama, a Transalpine Gaulish word influenced by Latin chrisma (modern French chrême), from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʁɛm/ Rhymes: -ɛm Homophones: chrême, chrêmes, crèment, crèmes Hyphenation: crème === Adjective === crème (invariable) cream (color/colour) (colloquial) cool Synonyms: cool, bien, classe ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: crème, kreem (Belgium, colloquial)→ Indonesian: krèm→ Papiamentu: krèm → English: crème, creme → German: creme → Romanian: crem → Slovak: krém === Noun === crème f (plural crèmes) cream (France, colloquial) café crème (Louisiana) ice cream ==== Synonyms ==== (ice cream): crème glacée f; (Quebec, colloquial) crème à glace, crème en glace; (France, colloquial) glace ==== Hypernyms ==== laitage ==== Hyponyms ==== chantilly ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Verb === crème inflection of crémer: first/third-person singular present indicative first-person singular present subjunctive second-person singular imperative === See also === === Further reading === “crème”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == German == === Verb === crème inflection of crèmen: first-person singular present first/third-person singular subjunctive I singular imperative == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French cresme, from Late Latin crāmum, a blend of Gaulish *crama and Late Latin chrisma (“ointment”). === Noun === crème f (plural crèmes) (Jersey) cream ==== Related terms ==== êcrémer (“to skim”)