creme ( 14th century onwards )
creyme ( 14th-15th centuries )
From Middle English creime , creme , from Old French creme , cresme , blend of Late Latin chrisma ( “ ointment ” ) (from Ancient Greek χ かい ρ ろー ῖσ しぐま μ みゅー α あるふぁ ( khrîsma , “ unguent ” ) ), and Late Latin crāmum ( “ cream ” ) , from Gaulish *crama (compare Welsh cramen ( “ scab, skin ” ) , Breton crammen ), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama- (compare Middle Irish screm ( “ surface, skin ” ) , Dutch schram ( “ abrasion ” ) , Lithuanian kramas ( “ scurf ” ) ). Doublet of crema and crème . Displaced native Old English rēam ( “ cream ” ) (> modern ream ).
Figurative sense of "most excellent element or part" appears from 1581. Verb meaning "to beat, thrash, wreck" is 1929, U.S. colloquial. The U.S. standard of identity is from 21 CFR 131.3(a) .
cream (countable and uncountable , plural creams )
The butterfat /milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.
Take 100 ml of cream and 50 grams of sugar…
( standards of identity , US ) The liquid separated from milk, possibly with certain other milk products added, and with at least eighteen percent of it milkfat .
2018 February 13 , Rebecca Firsker, "What's Really in Oreo Cream Filling? Well, for One Thing, Not Cream " , MyRecipes :
You may have noticed that any time that filling is mentioned on Oreo packaging, it's called "creme." This is no typo. Technically, the creamy filling inside an Oreo is not cream at all: The recipe used actually contains no dairy; as such, the FDA prohibits Nabisco from labeling the product as "cream ."
( standards of identity , UK ) The liquid separated from milk containing at least 18 percent milkfat (48% for double cream).
( tea and coffee ) A portion of cream, such as the amount found in a creamer .
I take my coffee with two cream and three sugar.
A yellowish white colour ; the colour of cream.
cream:
1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways , page 253 :Hundreds of examples remain, still following the same general pattern—maroon, green or chocolate brown, for example, from ground to waist level, then a stale Cheddar cheese shade of cream above.
( informal ) Frosting , custard , creamer , or another substance similar to the oily part of milk or to whipped cream .
2004 , Joey Green, Joey Green's Incredible Country Store , Rodale , →ISBN , page 267 :Originally the cream filling in Oreo cookies was made with pork lard.
( figuratively ) The best part of something.
the cream of the crop
the cream of a collection of books or pictures
1612 , Thomas Shelton (translator), Don Quixote (originally by Miguel de Cervantes )
Welcome, O flower and cream of Knights-errant.
1918 August, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Bliss ”, in Bliss and Other Stories , London: Constable & Company , published 1920 , →OCLC , page 124 :“But the cream of it was," said Norman, pressing a large tortoiseshell-rimmed monocle into his eye, “you don't mind me telling this, Face, do you?”
1996 , David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest [ … ] , Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company , →ISBN , page 4 :[ … ] he can assure the assembled Deans that all this is true, and that the Academy has presently in residence no fewer than a third of the continent’s top thirty juniors, in age brackets all across the board, and that I here, who go by ‘Hal,’ usually, am ‘right up there among the very cream. ’
( medicine ) A viscous aqueous oil /fat emulsion with a medicament added , used to apply that medicament to the skin . (compare with ointment )
You look really sunburnt; you should apply some cream .
1756 , Oliver Goldsmith , The Double Transformation :In vain she tries her paste and creams , / To smooth her skin or hide its seams.
( vulgar , slang ) Semen .
2001 , Darwin Porter, Hollywood’s Silent Closet: The Lusty Saga of America’s First Star F*#%er!! [sic ] (novel),[1] Blood Moon Productions, Ltd., →ISBN , page 155,
He rode me for ten—or was it fifteen?—minutes before one final fuckthrust that filled me completely with his cream .
2003 , Dominique Adair, “Two Days, Three Nights”, in Tied with a Bow , Ellora’s Cave Publishing, →ISBN , page 74 :He tucked his cock into his pants before rubbing his cream into her breasts in slow, teasing strokes.
2004 , Art Wiederhold, Wild Flowers [2] , iUniverse, →ISBN , page 158 :When he did come, he spurted his cream all over the front of Rosalee’s T-shirt and neck.
( obsolete ) The chrism or consecrated oil used in anointing ceremonies.
1470–1485 (date produced) , Thomas Malory , “(please specify the chapter) ”, in [ Le Morte Darthur] , (please specify the book number) , [London: [ … ] by William Caxton ], published 31 July 1485 , →OCLC ; republished as H[ einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur [ … ] , London: David Nutt , [ … ] , 1889 , →OCLC : , Book V:
there shall never harlot have happe, by the helpe of Oure Lord, to kylle a crowned Kynge that with Creyme is anoynted.
oily part of milk
Abkhaz: ахҷаҭ ( axčʼat )
Albanian: ajkë (sq) f , mazë (sq) f , kajmak (sq) m
Arabic: قِشْطَة f ( qišṭa ) , قِشْدَة f ( qišda )
Hijazi Arabic: قِشْطَة f ( gišṭa ) ( clotted ) , كريمة f ( krēma ) ( whipped )
Moroccan Arabic: فرارة f ( frara )
Aragonese: crema f
Armenian: սեր (hy) ( ser ) , սերուցք (hy) ( serucʻkʻ )
Assamese: সৰ ( xor )
Asturian: crema f
Azerbaijani: qaymaq (az)
Bashkir: ҡаймаҡ ( qaymaq )
Basque: esne-gain , gain , krema (eu)
Belarusian: вяршкі́ m pl ( vjarškí )
Bengali: মালাই (bn) ( malai )
Bulgarian: кайма́к (bg) m ( kajmák ) , смета́на (bg) f ( smetána )
Burmese: နို့ဆီ (my) ( nui.hci ) , မလိုင် (my) ( ma.luing )
Buryat: сүсэгы ( süsegy )
Catalan: nata (ca) f , crema (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 忌 き 廉 れん ( gei6 lim4-1 )
Mandarin: 奶油 (zh) ( nǎiyóu ) , 乳 ちち 脂 あぶら (zh) ( rǔzhī )
Cornish: dehen m
Czech: smetana (cs) f
Danish: fløde (da) c
Dutch: room (nl) m
Esperanto: kremo
Estonian: koor (et)
Faroese: rómi (fo) m
Finnish: kerma (fi)
French: crème (fr) f
Galician: tona (gl) f , nata (gl) f
Georgian: ნაღები ( naɣebi ) , არაჟანი ( aražani )
German: Sahne (de) f , Obers (de) n ( Austria ) , Schmetten (de) n ( Austria ) , Rahm (de) m
Alemannic German: Niidel m
Greek: κρέμα γάλακτος (el) f ( kréma gálaktos )
Hebrew: שַׁמֶּנֶת (he) f ( shaménet )
Hindi: मलाई (hi) f ( malāī )
Hungarian: tejszín (hu)
Icelandic: rjómi (is) m
Ido: kremo (io)
Indonesian: (please verify ) kepala susu (id) , krim (id) , rum (id)
Irish: uachtar (ga) m
Italian: panna (it) f
Japanese: クリーム (ja) ( kurīmu )
Kabardian: шатэ (kbd) ( šatɛ )
Kazakh: қаймақ ( qaimaq )
Korean: 크림 (ko) ( keurim )
Kyrgyz: каймак (ky) ( kaymak )
Ladin: brama f
Lao: ຫົວນ້ຳນົມ ( hūa nam nom )
Latgalian: kriejums , kraiškys
Latvian: krējums (lv)
Lithuanian: grietinė
Luxembourgish: Rahm
Macedonian: кајмак m ( kajmak )
Malay: krim (ms) , kepala susu
Maori: kirīmi
Middle English: creme
Mingrelian: ხეჭეთი ( xeč̣eti )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: цөцгий (mn) ( cöcgii ) , өрөм (mn) ( öröm )
Norman: crème f
Northern Sami: lákca
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fløte m
Nynorsk:
Old English: rēam m
Ottoman Turkish: قایماق ( kaymak )
Pashto: قيماغ m ( qaymāǧ ) , پېروى m ( perᶕway )
Persian: سَرْشیر (fa) ( saršir ) , خامِه (fa) ( xâme )
Plautdietsch: Schmaunt m
Polish: śmietanka (pl) f
Portuguese: creme (pt) m , nata (pt) f
Punjabi: ਮਲ਼ਾਈ f ( maḷāī )
Romanian: smântână (ro) f
Russian: сли́вки (ru) f pl ( slívki ) , смета́на (ru) f ( smetána ) ( sour cream )
Sanskrit: शरस् (sa) n ( śaras )
Scots: ream
Scottish Gaelic: uachdar m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сметана f , скоруп m , кајмак m , врхње m ; шлаг m
Roman: smetana f , skorup (sh) m , kajmak (sh) m , vrhnje (sh) m ; šlag (sh) m
Shona: ruwomba
Slovak: smotana (sk) f
Slovene: smetana (sl) f
Somali: labeen
Spanish: nata (es) f , crema (es) f
Swedish: grädde (sv) c
Tagalog: laknip , krema
Tajik: саршир ( saršir )
Tatar: каймак (tt) ( qaymaq )
Telugu: మీగడ (te) ( mīgaḍa )
Thai: ครีม (th) ( kriim )
Tongan: kilimi
Tswana: lobebe
Turkish: kaymak (tr)
Turkmen: gaýmak
Ukrainian: смета́на (uk) f ( smetána ) , вершки́ m pl ( veršký )
Urdu: مَلائی f ( malāī )
Uyghur: قايماق ( qaymaq )
Uzbek: qaymoq (uz)
Vietnamese: kem (vi) , cơ rem , kem sữa , váng sữa
Volapük: krem (vo) , ( older term ) miligapin
Walloon: crinme (wa) f
Waray-Waray: krema
Welsh: hufen (cy) m
Yakut: сүөгэй ( süögey )
Yiddish: שמאַנט m ( shmant )
Zulu: ulaza (zu)
the best part
Albanian: ajkë (sq) f
Armenian: սերուցք (hy) ( serucʻkʻ )
Bulgarian: кайма́к (bg) m ( kajmák )
Catalan: crema (ca) f
Czech: smetánka (cs) f
Danish: creme (da) c
Dutch: crème de la crème
Finnish: kerma (fi)
French: crème de la crème (fr) , fleur (fr) m , fine fleur (fr) f , fin du fin (fr) m
German: Creme (de) f , Kreme (de) f , Sahnestück (de) n
Hebrew: קצפת (he) f ( katzéfet )
Hungarian: krém (hu) , java (hu) , legjava (hu) , színe-java (hu)
Icelandic: rjómi (is) m
Ido: kremo (io)
Italian: crema (it) f
Macedonian: кајмак m ( kajmak )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: krem (no) m
Polish: śmietanka (pl) f
Portuguese: creme (pt) m , nata (pt) f
Russian: сли́вки (ru) f pl ( slívki )
Slovene: smetana (sl) f
Spanish: la flor y la crema f , la crema (es) f
Swedish: grädda (sv) c
Turkish: kaymak (tr)
Ukrainian: смета́на (uk) f ( smetána ) , вершки́ m pl ( veršký )
Welsh: lliw hufen m , hufen (cy) m
product to apply to the skin
Albanian: krem (sq) m
Arabic: كْرِيم m ( krīm )
Egyptian Arabic: كريم m ( kerēm )
Hijazi Arabic: كِرِيم m ( kirēm )
Armenian: կրեմ (hy) ( krem ) , քսուք (hy) ( kʻsukʻ )
Azerbaijani: krem
Belarusian: крэм m ( krem ) , мазь f ( mazʹ )
Bengali: ক্রিম ( krim )
Bulgarian: крем (bg) m ( krem ) , мази́ло (bg) n ( mazílo ) , мехле́м (bg) m ( mehlém )
Burmese: မလိုင် (my) ( ma.luing ) , အလှဆီ (my) ( a.hla.hci ) , မုန့် (my) ( mun. )
Catalan: crema (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 面 めん 霜 しも (zh) ( miànshuāng ) , 霜 しも (zh) ( shuāng ) , 雪 ゆき 花 はな 膏 あぶら (zh) ( xuěhuāgāo )
Cornish: dehen m
Czech: krém (cs) m
Danish: creme (da) c
Dutch: crème (nl) f , zalf (nl) f
Esperanto: pomado , haŭtkremo , kremo
Estonian: kreem
Faroese: krem n
Finnish: voide (fi) , kreemi (fi)
French: crème (fr) f , onguent (fr)
Georgian: კრემი ( ḳremi )
German: Creme (de) f , Kreme (de) f
Greek: κρέμα (el) ( kréma )
Hebrew: קָרַם (he) m ( krem )
Hindi: क्रीम f ( krīm )
Hungarian: krém (hu) , kenőcs (hu) , ( for sunburn ) : napolaj (hu)
Icelandic: krem (is) n
Ido: kremo (io)
Indonesian: krim (id)
Irish: ungadh m
Italian: crema (it) f
Japanese: クリーム (ja) ( kurīmu )
Kazakh: крем ( krem )
Khmer: ក្រេម ( kreem ) , ក្រែម ( kraem )
Korean: 크림 (ko) ( keurim )
Kyrgyz: крем ( krem )
Lao: ຄີມ (lo) ( khīm )
Latvian: krēms m
Lithuanian: kremas m
Macedonian: крем (mk) m ( krem )
Norman: crème f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: krem (no) m
Persian: کِرِم (fa) ( kerem )
Polish: krem (pl) m inan
Portuguese: creme (pt) m
Romanian: cremă (ro) f
Russian: крем (ru) m ( krem ) , мазь (ru) f ( mazʹ ) ( ointment )
Scots: ream
Scottish Gaelic: cè m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: крем m , крема f
Roman: krem (sh) m , krema (sh) f
Slovak: krém m
Slovene: krema (sl) f
Spanish: crema (es) f
Swahili: krimu
Swedish: kräm (sv) c , hudkräm (sv) c
Tagalog: laknip , krema
Tajik: крем ( krem )
Thai: ครีม (th) ( kriim )
Turkish: krem (tr)
Turkmen: krem
Ukrainian: мазь f ( mazʹ ) , масть f ( mastʹ ) , крем (uk) m ( krem ) , масти́ло (uk) n ( mastýlo ) , пома́да f ( pomáda )
Urdu: کْرِیم f ( krīm )
Uyghur: يۈز مېيى ( yüz mëyi ) ( face cream )
Uzbek: krem (uz)
Vietnamese: kem (vi) , cờ-rem
Walloon: crinme (wa) f
Welsh: eli (cy) m
Translations to be checked
cream (not comparable )
Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour .
colour
Afrikaans: room
Bulgarian: кремав ( kremav )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 奶油变色 ( nǎiyóu biànsè )
Czech: krémový (cs)
Danish: cremefarvet
Dutch: crèmekleurig (nl) , crème (nl) , crèmewit (nl)
Esperanto: kremkolora
Finnish: kermankeltainen
French: crème (fr)
Galician: crema (gl)
Greek: κ かっぱ ρ ろー ε いぷしろん μ みゅー (el) ( krem )
Hungarian: krémszínű (hu) , vajszínű (hu)
Icelandic: kremaður
Ido: kremea (io)
Interlingua: crema
Irish: bánbhuí
Japanese: クリーム色 しょく の ( kurīmu-iro no )
Navajo: dinilgai
Norwegian: fløte farget
Persian: کرم (fa) ( kerem )
Polish: kremowy (pl)
Portuguese: creme (pt)
Russian: кре́мовый (ru) ( krémovyj )
Spanish: crema (es) , de color crema
Swedish: gräddfärgad , krämfärgad (sv) , gulvit , gräddvit (sv)
Thai: ครีม (th) ( kriim )
Tsonga: rivombana
Tswana: lobebe
Turkish: krem (tr) , krem rengi (tr)
Ukrainian: сметанко́вий ( smetankóvyj ) , сметанко́вого кольо́ру ( smetankóvoho kolʹóru ) , кремо́вий (uk) ( kremóvyj ) , кремо́вого кольо́ру ( kremóvoho kolʹóru )
Volapük: kremik (vo)
Welsh: lliw hufen
Xhosa: nocwambu
cream (third-person singular simple present creams , present participle creaming , simple past and past participle creamed )
( transitive ) To puree , to blend with a liquifying process .
Cream the vegetables with the olive oil, flour, salt and water mixture .
( transitive ) To turn a yellowish white color ; to give something the color of cream.
( transitive , slang ) To obliterate , to defeat decisively .
We creamed the opposing team!
( intransitive , vulgar , slang ) To ejaculate ( used of either gender ) .
1971 , Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey, “Grease Lightnin’”, in Grease :Danny Zuko: You are supreme / The chicks’ll cream / For grease lightning.
( transitive , vulgar , slang ) To ejaculate in (clothing or a bodily orifice ).
( transitive , cooking ) To rub , stir , or beat (butter ) into a light creamy consistency .
( transitive ) To skim , or take off by skimming, as cream.
( transitive , figurative ) To take off the best or choicest part of.
( transitive ) To furnish with, or as if with, cream.
Please cream these two coffees and leave the others black.
1906 , Mark Twain, “William Dean Howells”, in Harper's Monthly Magazine [3] , volume 113 , number 674 , page 221 :A powerful agent is the right word: it lights the reader's way and makes it plain; a close approximation to it will answer, and much traveling is done in a well-enough fashion by its help, but we do not welcome it and applaud it and rejoice in it as we do when the right one blazes out on us. Whenever we come upon one of those intensely right words in a book or a newspaper the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt: it tingles exquisitely around through the walls of the mouth and tastes as tart and crisp and good as the autumn-butter that creams the sumac-berry.
( intransitive ) To gather or form cream.
to obliterate, to win over someone else quite decisively
French: écraser (fr) , poutrer (fr) , démolir (fr)
German: jemanden eins überziehen (de)
Hungarian: péppé ver , lemos (hu) , legyőz (hu) , elver (hu)
Icelandic: rústa , bursta (is)
Japanese: 叩 はた きのめす ( tatakinomesu ) , 打 う ち負 ま かす ( uchimakasu )
Polish: zmiażdżyć (pl) pf
Spanish: hacer polvo , hacer papilla
Swedish: mosa (sv)
Turkish: pestilini çıkarmak (tr) , ezmek (tr) , ezip geçmek
From English cream .
cream
( Hong Kong Cantonese ) face cream ; hand cream
搽 cream [Cantonese ] ― caa4 kwim1 [Jyutping] ― to apply face cream
( Hong Kong Cantonese ) cream ; whipped cream
Bauer, Robert S. (2021 ) ABC Cantonese-English Comprehensive Dictionary , Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN , page 548
cream
( reintegrationist norm, less recommended) inflection of crer :
third-person plural present subjunctive
third-person plural imperative
cream
first-person singular / plural imperfect of crea