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crema.

cream (cosmetic product)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɾema/[ˈkɾe.ma]

  1. cream (cosmetic product)

    feminine

  2. cream (dairy product)

    Latin-America · feminine

  3. soup with cream

    feminine

  4. custard

    feminine

  5. mess, disorder

    Latin-America · colloquial · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama-der. Proto-Celtic *krammender. Gaulish *cramabor.? Late Latin crāmum Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey-der. Ancient Greek χρίω (khríō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χρῖσμᾰ (khrîsmă)bor. Ecclesiastical Latin chrisma blend Old French cresme Middle French chresme French crèmebor. Spanish crema Borrowed from French crème.

adj/ˈkɾema/[ˈkɾe.ma]

  1. cream, creamy (cream-colored)

    invariable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama-der. Proto-Celtic *krammender. Gaulish *cramabor.? Late Latin crāmum Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey-der. Ancient Greek χρίω (khríō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χρῖσμᾰ (khrîsmă)bor. Ecclesiastical Latin chrisma blend Old French cresme Middle French chresme French crèmebor. Spanish crema Borrowed from French crème.

noun/ˈkɾema/[ˈkɾe.ma]

  1. dieresis

    feminine · rare
Where this word comes from

Probably a malapropism of French tréma, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “perforation, orifice”).

verb/ˈkɾema/[ˈkɾe.ma]

  1. inflection of cremar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person

  2. inflection of cremar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

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