crumble

See also: Crumble

English

Alternative forms

• crimble (dialectal)

Etymology

From earlier crymble, crimble, from Middle English *crymblen, kremelen, from Old English *crymlan (“to crumble”), from *crymel (“a small crumb; crumble”), diminutive of Old English cruma (“crumb”), equivalent to crumb +‎ -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch kruimelen (“to crumble”), German Low German krömmeln (“to crumble”), German Krümel, diminutive of German Krume, German krümeln, krümmeln (“to crumble”). Alteration of vowel due to analogy with crumb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹʌmbəl/, [ˈkɹʌmbɪ̈l], [ˈkɹʌmbl̩]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌmbəl

Verb

1. (intransitive, often figurative) To fall apart; to disintegrate.

   The empire crumbled when the ruler's indiscretions came to light.

2. (transitive) To break into crumbs.

   We crumbled some bread into the water.

3. (transitive) To mix (ingredients such as flour and butter) in such a way as to form crumbs.

   Using your fingers, crumble the ingredients with the fingertips, lifting in an upward motion, until the mixture is sandy and resembles large breadcrumbs.

Translations

to fall apart

• Bulgarian: разпадам се (razpadam se), раздробявам се (razdrobjavam se)
• Catalan: esmicolar-se (ca) (most common fer-se miques), desmoronar-se, derrumbar-se
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 崩溃 (zh) (bēngkuì)

• Crimean Tatar: ufatmaq
• Czech: drobit se, drolit se
• Danish: forvitre (da), smuldre, hensmuldre
• Dutch: uit elkaar vallen, verbrokkelen (nl), verkruimelen (nl)
• Esperanto: disfali, diseriĝi, kolapsi
• Finnish: murentua, murtua (fi)
• French: s’effondrer (fr)
• Galician: esfarelar (gl), esboroar (gl)
• German: bröckeln (de), zerbröckeln (de)
• Hebrew: התפרק (hitparék), התפורר (he) (hitporér)
• Italian: sgretolarsi, crollare (it), ridursi in (it) polvere (it)
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• Japanese: 崩れる (kuzureru)
• Khmer: ស្រុត (km) (srot)
• Low German:

  German Low German: utenannerfallen, uteneenfallen, vuneenfallen

• Maori: ngawhere, tāorooro, ngāhorohoro
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: falle i grus
• Portuguese: desmoronar (pt)
• Russian: кроши́ться (ru) (krošítʹsja)
• Spanish: desmigajarse (es), desmoronarse (es), desmenuzarse (es)
• Volapük: dädiledikön
• Westrobothnian:

to render into crumbs

• Armenian: բրդել (hy) (brdel)
• Aromanian: dinjic
• Bulgarian: роня (bg) (ronja), троша (bg) (troša)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 碎裂 (zh) (suìliè)

• Czech: drobit, drolit
• Danish: smuldre
• Dutch: verkruimelen (nl)
• Esperanto: diserigi, pulvorigi
• Finnish: murentaa, murentua, murustaa
• French: effriter (fr), émietter (fr)
• Galician: esfaragullar (gl), esfarelar (gl), esmigallar (gl), derrafar, entrillar (gl)
• German: krümeln (de), zerkrümeln (de)
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• Hebrew: התפורר (he) (hitporér)
• Italian: sbriciolare (it), sbriciolarsi
• Japanese: 崩す (kuzusu)
• Norwegian: smuldre
• Portuguese: despedaçar (pt), esfarelar (pt)
• Romanian: dumica (ro)
• Russian: кроши́ть (ru) impf (krošítʹ), раскроши́ть (ru) pf (raskrošítʹ)
• Spanish: desmigajar (es), desmenuzar (es)
• Volapük: dädiledükön
• Westrobothnian:
• Zazaki: rocnayen

to mix forming crumbs

• Italian: sabbiare
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• Zazaki: têvden

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Translations to be checked

• Norman: ^{(please verify)} êmioler (Jersey)
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Noun

crumble (countable and uncountable, plural crumbles)

2. A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.

   blackberry and apple crumble

   Synonyms: crisp, crunch

Translations

dessert

• French: (France) crumble (fr) m, (Quebec) croustade (fr) f
• German: Crumble n
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• Spanish: crumble m
• Zazaki: sirane

Further reading

• crumble on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Clumber

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English crumble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁœ̃bl/

Noun

crumble m (plural crumbles)

1. (France) crumble (dessert)

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Spanish

Noun

crumble m (plural crumbles)

1. crumble