different between chrome vs crome

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chrome.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k???m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?o?m/
• Rhymes: -??m

Noun

chrome (usually uncountable, plural chromes)

1. Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
2. (graphical user interface) The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content.
3. (US, slang, collective) handguns

Derived terms

Related terms

Verb

chrome (third-person singular simple present chromes, present participle chroming, simple past and past participle chromed)

1. (transitive) To plate with chrome.
2. (transitive) To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.

Synonyms

• chromium-plate

Translations

Further reading

• chrome at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• chomer

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (khrôma, “color”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?om/

Noun

chrome m (uncountable)

1. chromium

Related terms

• chromage
• chromate
• chromer
• chromeux
• chromique
• jaune de chrome
• nickel chrome
• vert de chrome

Descendants

• Lingala: kolomo

Further reading

• “chrome” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• chômer

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xr?m?/, [?xr?m?]

Adjective

chrome

1. inflection of chromy:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *krumpaz (“bent, crooked, curved”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??m

Noun

crome (plural cromes)

1. (Britain, East Anglia) A garden or agricultural implement with three or four tines bent at right angles, resembling a garden fork with bent prongs, and used for breaking up soil, clearing ditches, raking up shellfish on beaches, etc.

Verb

crome (third-person singular simple present cromes, present participle croming, simple past and past participle cromed)

1. (Britain, East Anglia) To use a crome.

Etymology 2

Noun

crome (plural cromes)

1. (music) Alternative form of croma (“a quaver”)

Anagrams

• Comer, comer

Italian

Noun

crome f pl

1. plural of croma

Anagrams

• cremo, cremò

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cromme, crumme, crume, cromb, crowm, crom, krome

Etymology

From Old English cruma, from Proto-Germanic *krumô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?krum(?)/

Noun

crome (plural cromes or crumen)

1. a crumb; a small piece or portion of food, especially bread
2. the lighter-coloured part of a loaf of bread inside the crust; the interior of a loaf of bread
3. (rare) a diminutive portion or section; a mote

Related terms

• cromen

Descendants

• English: crumb
• Scots: crum

References

• “cr?me, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-10.

Portuguese

Verb

crome

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of cromar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of cromar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of cromar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of cromar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?ome/, [?k?o.me]

Verb

crome

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cromar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cromar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of cromar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of cromar.