# EuroLex/F/Cream

* Original language: French
* Original form and meaning: crème 'dairy product, lotion for skin, colour'
(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)
| Language | Form | Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) | Current Meaning and Status | Earlier Meanings and Statusses | Source |
| Catalan | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Croatian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Czech | krém; colour: krémová barva | ... | 'any of many substances made of, or similar to, cream; colour: a yellowish-white colour' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | creme | ... | 'any of many substances made of, or similar to, cream; colour: a yellowish-white colour' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | cra | ... | 'any of many substances made of, or similar to, cream; the best part, the top people; a yellowish-white colour' | '...' | ... |
| English | cream | 14th c. figurative sense (sense 6): 1581 Cream-cheese: 1583 | 1. 'the oily or butyraceous part of milk, which gathers on the top when the milk is left unsdisturbed, by churning it is converted into butter', 2. 'a fancy dish or sweet of which cream is an ingredient or which has the appearence and consistency of cream, as almond, chocolate, ice cream', 3. 'the part of a liquid which gathers on the top like the cream on milk', 4. 'a cream-like preparation used cosmetically', 5. 'used in the names of some cordials and liqueurs, with reference to their viscid character, or acknowledged excellence', 6. 'the most excellent element or part, the best of its kind, the choice part, the quintessence', 7. 'colour: yellowish white, also: a cream-coloured horse, rabbit, or the like' | 'a substance or liquor of cream-like consistency | http://www.etymonline.com |
| Estonian | kreem | ... | 'any of many substances made of, or similar to, cream' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | kerma, colour: kermanvärinen | ... | 'dairy product; the best part, the top people; colour: a yellowish-white colour' | '...' | ... |
| French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | Creme, colour: cremfarben | around 1700 | 'lotion for skin' (dial.); any of many substances made of, or similar to, cream; colour: a yellowish-white colour | '...' | Birken-Silvermann 2003: 141 |
| Hungarian | krém, colour: krémszínű | ... | 'any of many substances made of, or similar to, cream; colour: a yellowish-white colour' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | crema | ... | 'lotion for skin' (dial., near Milan); dairy product; any of many substances made of, or similar to, cream; the best part, the top people; colour: a yellowish-white colour | '...' | Birken-Silvermann 2003: 141 |
| Latvian | colour: krējuma-; krēmkrāsas- | ... | 'colour: a yellowish-white colour' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | kremas; colour: kreminė spalva | ... | 'any of many substances made of, or similar to, cream; colour: a yellowish-white colour' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | 1. -krem; 2. kremen; colour: kremfarge(t) | ... | '1. any of many substances made of, or similar to, cream; 2. the best part, the top people; colour: a yellowish-white colour' | '...' | ... |
| Polish | colur: kremowy | ... | 'colour: a yellowish-white colour' | '...' | ... |
| Portuguese | creme | ... | 'any of many substances made of, or similar to, cream; a yellowish-white colour' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | krém; colour: krémová farba | ... | 'any of many substances made of, or similar to, cream; colour: a yellowish-white colour' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | krema; colour: krem | ... | 'any of many substances made of, or similar to, cream; colour: a yellowish-white colour' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | crema | ... | 'any of many substances made of, or similar to, cream; the best part, the top people; a yellowish-white colour' | '...' | ... |
| Swedish | kräm; colour: krämfärgad | ... | 'any of many substances made of, or similar to, cream; colour: a yellowish-white colour' | '...' | ... |

### Annotations

Etymology: from OF cresme, blend of LL chrisma "ointment" (from Gk chrisma "unguent"), and LL cramum "cream", perhaps from Gaulish.
Replaced OE ream.
Re-borrowed from F 19c., as creme.
Figurative sense of "most excellent element or part" is from 1581. Cream-cheese is from 1583.
Source: http://www.etymonline.com