cramum

Latin

Etymology

Likely a borrowing from Gaulish *crama (related to Welsh cramen (“scab, skin”), Breton krammenn), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama- .

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkraː.mum/, [ˈkräːmʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.mum/, [ˈkräːmum]

Noun

crāmum n (genitive crāmī); second declension

1. cream

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crāmum	crāma
Genitive	crāmī	crāmōrum
Dative	crāmō	crāmīs
Accusative	crāmum	crāma
Ablative	crāmō	crāmīs
Vocative	crāmum	crāma

Descendants

• English: cream
• French: crème
• Italian: crema
• Russian: крем m (krem)
• Spanish: crema

References

• The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.