# creme
## English
### Adjective

creme (comparative more creme, superlative most creme)
* Alternative spelling of crème

### Noun

creme (countable and uncountable, plural cremes)
* Alternative spelling of crème

#### Derived terms

* cremey

### Verb

creme (third-person singular simple present cremes, present participle creming, simple past and past participle cremed)
* 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: [ˈkʰʁ̥ɛˀm]

### Noun

creme c (singular definite cremen, plural indefinite cremer)
* cream
* custard
* polish

#### Descendants

* → Faroese: krem

## German
### Etymology 1

From French crème.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kʁeːm], [kʁɛːm]
* Hyphenation: creme
* Audio:(file)

#### Adjective

creme (indeclinable)
* cream (color/colour)
    Synonyms: cremefarben, cremefarbig

##### Related terms

* Creme

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkʁeːmə]
* Hyphenation: cre‧me

#### Verb

creme
* inflection of cremen:
** first-person singular present
** first/third-person singular subjunctive I
** singular imperative

### Further reading

* “creme” in Duden online
* “creme” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkrɛ.me/
* Rhymes: -ɛme
* Hyphenation: crè‧me

### Noun

creme f
* 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: /ˈkrɛːm(ə)/

#### Noun

creme (uncountable)
* chrism (mixture of oil and balsam)
* cream (fatty part of milk)
* (by extension) A cream dish.
* (rare) The sacrament of Confirmation.

##### Descendants

* English: cream (see there for further descendants)

##### 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
* Alternative form of cromen

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɾẽ.mi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɾẽ.mi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɾe.me/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɾɛ.mɨ/
* Hyphenation: cre‧me
* Rhymes: -emi

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

creme m (plural cremes)
* (uncountable) milkfat, cream
    Synonym: nata
* (uncountable) any substance of similar texture
* an amount or type of the substance
* cream (color/colour)
** 1890, Aluísio 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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Synonyms

* (cream (milk product)): nata

##### Related terms

* cremoso

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

creme
* inflection of cremar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text) :
| branco, alvo, cândido | cinza, gris, cinzento | preto, negro, atro |
| vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim | laranja, cor de laranja; castanho, marrom | amarelo, lúteo; creme, ocre |
| verde-limão | verde | verde-água; verde-menta |
| ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo | azul-bebê, azul-celeste | azul, índigo, anil |
| violeta, lilás | magenta; roxo, púrpura | rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque |

### References

* ↑ “creme”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “creme”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkre.me/

### Noun

creme
* plural of cremă

## Spanish
### Verb

creme
* inflection of cremar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative