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• Creme

Noun

cream

1. the oily part of milk which rises to the top
2. a yellowish white colour; the colour of cream
3. the best part. (example: the cream of the crop)
4. a product to apply to the skin

Related terms

See Appendix:Colours

Translations

• Chinese: 奶油
• Dutch: room m (1), crème n (2,4), crèmekleur f (2), crème de la crème (3), zalf (4)
• Esperanto: kremo (1), kremkoloro (2), ungvento (4)
• French: crème f (1,2,3,4), crème de la crème (3), gratin (3), fleur (3), onguent (4)
• Galician: crema
• German: Sahne (1), Obers (1, Austrian), Creme (2-4)
• Indonesian: kepala susu (1), cream (4)
• Interlingua: crema
• Mongolian: цөцгий (tsötsgii)
• Norwegian: fløte
• Persian: سرشیر (sarshir) (1), كرم (kerem) (2,4)
• Portuguese: nata f (1,3); creme m (1,2,4)

  śmietana f

• Romanian: smântână f (1), crem (2), cremă (3,4)
• Russian: сливки /slivki/
• Spanish: nata f (1), crema (2,4)
• Turkish: kaymak (1), krem (2?,4)
• Volapük: krem

Adjective

cream

1. a yellowish white colour; the colour of cream

Translations

• Chinese: 奶油变色
• Dutch: crèmekleurig , crème
• Esperanto: kremkolora , krema
• French: crème
• Galician: crema
• Interlingua: crema
• Norwegian: fløte farget
• Portuguese: creme m & f, de cor creme
• Persian: كرم (kerem)
• Spanish: de color crema
• Volapük: kremik

Verb

to cream

1. to turn into a yellowish white colour; to give something the color of cream
2. to puree, to blend with a liquifying process.

   Cream the vegetables with the olive oil, flour, salt and water mixture.

3. Slang. To obliterate, to win over someone else quite decisively.

   We creamed the opposing team!