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English

Etymology

cream +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?i?mi/
• Rhymes: -i?mi

Adjective

creamy (comparative creamier, superlative creamiest)

1. Containing cream.

   creamy milk

2. Of food or drink, having the rich taste or thick, smooth texture of cream, whether or not it actually contains cream.

   creamy chocolate

3. Of any liquid, having the thick texture of cream.

   a creamy lotion

4. Having the colour of cream.
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Translations

Noun

creamy (plural creamies)

1. A horse with a cream-coloured coat.

English

Etymology 1

From Italian crema. Doublet of cream, second-etymology crema, and crème.

Noun

crema (countable and uncountable, plural cremas)

1. The light-colored, orangish head of foam on a cup of espresso.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Spanish crema. Doublet of cream, first-etymology crema, and crème.

Noun

crema (uncountable)

1. A Mexican foodstuff, the Mexican version of crème fraîche or sour cream.

Translations

Anagrams

• Carme, McRae, crame, cream, macer, recam

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French crème.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?k?e.m?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?k?e.ma/

Noun

crema f (plural cremes)

1. cream (fat part of milk)
2. cream (skin product)
3. soup with cream
4. custard

Derived terms

• crema cremada

Related terms

• crem

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

crema

1. third-person singular present indicative form of cremar
2. second-person singular imperative form of cremar

Further reading

• “crema” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Italian

Etymology

From French crème.

Pronunciation

Noun

crema f (plural creme)

1. cream

Usage notes

• Panna generally refers to physical cream, while crema refers to the flavor of cream. A pint of creamy gelato would be termed crema and not panna.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? English: crema
• ? Greek: ????? (kréma)

Verb

crema

1. third-person singular present of cremare
2. second-person singular imperative of cremare

Anagrams

• carme
• marce

Latin

Verb

crem?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of crem?

References

• crema in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Verb

crema

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of cremar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of cremar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?krema]

Noun

crema f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of crem?

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?ema/, [?k?e.ma]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French crème.

Noun

crema f (plural cremas)

1. cream (cosmetic product)
2. (Latin America) cream (dairy product)

   Synonym: (Spain) nata

3. soup with cream
4. custard
5. (Latin America, colloquial) mess (disorder)

Derived terms

Related terms

• cremoso

Descendants

• ? English: crema
• ? Tagalog: krema
• ? Turkish: krema

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

crema

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of cremar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of cremar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of cremar.

Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek ????? (trêma, “perforation, orifice”) (perhaps influenced by crema).

Noun

crema f (plural cremas)

1. (rare) dieresis

See also

Further reading

• “crema” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.