creme

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

English

Adjective

creme (comparative more creme, superlative most creme)

1. Alternative spelling of crème.

Noun

creme (countable and uncountable, plural cremes)

1. Alternative spelling of crème.

Derived terms

• creme soda
• cremey

Verb

creme (third-person singular simple present cremes, present participle creming, simple past and past participle cremed)

1. Alternative spelling of crème.

Anagrams

• McRee, c'mere, merce

Danish

Etymology

From French crème, a merger of Late Latin chrisma (“ointment”) (from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma, “unguent”)) and Late Latin crama (“skim”) (from Gaulish *crama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰʁ̥ɛˀm]

Noun

creme c (singular definite cremen, plural indefinite cremer)

1. cream
2. custard
3. polish

Declension

Declension of creme

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	creme	cremen	cremer	cremerne
genitive	cremes	cremens	cremers	cremernes

Descendants

• → Faroese: krem

German

Etymology 1

From French crème.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʁeːm], [kʁɛːm]
• Hyphenation: creme

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Adjective

creme (indeclinable)

1. cream (color/colour)

   Synonyms: cremefarben, cremefarbig

Related terms

• Creme

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʁeːmə]
• Hyphenation: cre‧me

Verb

creme

1. inflection of cremen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Further reading

• “creme” in Duden online
• “creme”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

creme f

1. plural of crema

Anagrams

• merce, mercé

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French cresme, creme, craime, a blend of Late Latin crisma (from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma)) and crāmum. Doublet of crisme.

Alternative forms

• crayme, creem, creeme, crem, creyme, kreme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛːm(ə)/

Noun

creme (uncountable)

1. chrism (mixture of oil and balsam)
2. cream (fatty part of milk)
3. (by extension) A cream dish.
4. (rare) The sacrament of Confirmation.

Descendants

• English: cream (see there for further descendants)
• Yola: crame

References

• “crēme, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “crēme, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

creme

1. alternative form of cromen

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾẽ.mi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾẽ.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾe.me/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.mɨ/

• Hyphenation: cre‧me
• Rhymes: -emi

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French crème, from Late Latin crāmum (“skim”), from Gaulish *crama.

Noun

creme m (countable and uncountable, plural cremes)

1. (uncountable) milkfat, cream

   Synonym: nata

2. (uncountable) any creamlike substance; (countable) a particular type or amount of such a substance
   1. cream (medicated ointment)

      Coordinate term: pomada

   2. conditioner (product that aims to improve the condition of the hair)

      Synonyms: condicionador, creme rinse

   3. leave-in conditioner (hair conditioner intended to be left in the hair)

      Synonym: leave-in

3. (uncountable) cream (colour)
   • 1890, Aluizio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:

     O enterro da pequenita foi feito à custa de Léonie, que apareceu às três da tarde, vestida de cetineta cor de creme, num carrinho dirigido por um cocheiro de calção de flanela branca e libré agaloada de ouro.

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Related terms

• cremoso

See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)

branco, alvo	cinza, gris, cinzento	preto, negro
vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim	laranja, cor de laranja; castanho, marrom	amarelo; creme, ocre
verde-limão	verde	verde-água; verde-menta
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo	azul-bebê / azul-bebé, azul-celeste	azul, índigo, anil
violeta, lilás	magenta; roxo, púrpura	rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

creme

1. inflection of cremar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “creme”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkre.me/

Noun

creme

1. plural of cremă

Spanish

Verb

creme

1. inflection of cremar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative