different between crispy vs creme

English

Etymology

crisp +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??s.pi/
• Rhymes: -?spi

Adjective

crispy (comparative crispier, superlative crispiest)

1. Having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender.

   These biscuits are very crispy.

   Baked rolls should be crispy.

Usage notes

The word crispy relates to prepared food. The word crisp may be applied to other referents, including non-prepared foods such as lettuce and other objects such as paper, with essentially the same meaning.

Derived terms

• crispiness

Translations

Noun

crispy (plural crispies)

1. (informal) The well-baked fat on the surface of a piece of roasted meat.

Anagrams

• cypris

English

Adjective

creme (comparative more creme, superlative most creme)

1. Alternative spelling of crème

Noun

creme (countable and uncountable, plural cremes)

1. Alternative spelling of crème

Verb

creme (third-person singular simple present cremes, present participle creming, simple past and past participle cremed)

1. Alternative spelling of crème

Anagrams

• c'mere, merce

Danish

Etymology

From French crème, a merger of Late Latin chrisma (“ointment”) (from Ancient Greek ?????? (khrîsma, “unguent”)) and Late Latin crama (“skim”) (from Gaulish *crama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?????m]

Noun

creme c (singular definite cremen, plural indefinite cremer)

1. cream
2. custard
3. polish

Inflection

Descendants

• ? Faroese: krem

German

Etymology 1

From French crème.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k?e?m], [k???m]
• Hyphenation: creme

Adjective

creme (not comparable)

1. (color, indeclinable) cream

Synonyms

• cremefarben, cremefarbig

Related terms

• Creme

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?e?m?]
• Hyphenation: cre?me

Verb

creme

1. inflection of cremen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kr?.me/
• Rhymes: -?me
• Hyphenation: crè?me

Noun

creme f

1. plural of crema

Anagrams

• merce, mercé

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French craime.

Alternative forms

• crem, creyme, crayme, cramin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kr??m(?)/

Noun

creme (uncountable)

1. cream

Descendants

• English: cream
  • ? Chinese: ??, ?? (qílín)
  • ? Hindi: ????? (kr?m)
  • ? Indonesian: krim
  • ? Japanese: ???? (kur?mu)
  • ? Korean: ?? (keurim)
  • ? Thai: ???? (kriim)
  • ? Zulu: ukhilimu

References

• “cr?me, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

creme

1. Alternative form of cromen

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?k?e.mi/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /?k?e.me/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?k??.m?/

Etymology 1

French crème, from Late Latin cr?mum (“skim”), from Gaulish *crama.

Noun

creme m (plural cremes)

1. (uncountable) milkfat, cream
2. (uncountable) any substance of similar texture
3. an amount or type of the substance
4. cream (color)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:creme.

Synonyms

• (cream (milk product)): nata

Related terms

• cremoso

Etymology 2

Verb

creme

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cremar.

See also

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kre.me/

Noun

creme

1. plural of crem?

Spanish

Verb

creme

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