crumb

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English

Etymology

From Old English cruma (“crumb, fragment”). The b appeared in the mid 15th century to match crumble and words like dumb, numb, thumb.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɹʌm/, SAMPA: /krVm/

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• Rhymes: -ʌm

Noun

crumb (plural crumbs)

1. A small piece of baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).

   The pigeons were quite happily picking at bread crumbs on the ground.

2. (figuratively) A bit, small amount.

   a crumb of comfort

3. The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.
4. A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate
5. (slang) A nobody, worthless person.
6. (slang) A body louse.

Synonyms

• (crumbled food) crumbling

Derived terms

• crumber
• crumble
• crumby, crummy
• breadcrumb

Related terms

• crumble
• crumpet

Translations

small piece of biscuit, cake, etc

Bulgarian: троха (bg) f. Catalan: engruna (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 屑, simpl. 屑 (xiè) Czech: drobek (cs) m. Danish: krumme (da) c. Dutch: kruimel m. Finnish: murunen (fi) French: miette (fr) f. German: Krümel m., Brösel m. (Austria), Brosame m. (archaic) Greek: ψίχουλο (el) (psíchoulo) n.,τρίμμα (el) (trímma) n. Hebrew: פרור (he) (perur) m.

Hungarian: morzsa (hu) Italian: briciola (it) f. Japanese: 屑 (くず, kuzu) Luxembourgish: Grimmel (lb) f. Portuguese: migalha (pt) f. Russian: крошка (ru) f. Scots: crum Scottish Gaelic: criomag (gd) f., (collective) sprùilleach (gd) m. Spanish: miga (es) f. Swedish: smula (sv) c. Turkish: kırıntı (tr)

(figurative) small amount

Bulgarian: троха (bg) f. Catalan: mica (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 少許, simpl. 少許 (shǎoxǔ) Czech: drobek (cs) m. Dutch: kruimel m., morzel Finnish: murunen (fi) German: Krümel m., Brösel m. (Austria)

Greek: ψίχουλο (el) (psíchoulo) n. pl. Hungarian: morzsányi Italian: briciola (it) f. Japanese: かけら (ja) (kakera) Portuguese: migalha (pt) f. Scots: crum Scottish Gaelic: criomag (gd) f. Swedish: smula (sv) c.

soft internal portion of bread

Bulgarian: среда (bg) f. Catalan: molla (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 麵包屑, simpl. 面包屑 (miànbāoxiè) Czech: drobek (cs) m. Dutch: kruim n. Finnish: sisus (fi) French: mie (fr) f. German: Krume (de) f.

Greek: ψίχα (el) (psícha) f. Hungarian: kenyérbél Italian: mollica (it) f. Portuguese: miolo (de pão) m. Romanian: miez (ro) Russian: мякиш (ru) m. Scots: crum Scottish Gaelic: sprùilleach (gd) f. Tatar: эпэй йомшагы (tt)

mixture to make industrial chocolate

Italian: impasto (it) m.

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Albanian: tul m., thërrime f, pl

Romanian: firimitură f., fărâmă f. Spanish: miga f.

Verb

crumb (third-person singular simple present crumbs, present participle crumbing, simple past and past participle crumbed)

1. To cover with crumbs.

Derived terms

• crumbed

Related terms

• crumple

Translations

to cover with crumbs

Bulgarian: троша (bg) Dutch: paneren Finnish: leivittää (fi) French: paner (fr)

German: panieren (de) Italian: impanare (it) Russian: крошить (ru) Swedish: panera (sv)