крем

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from French crème.

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Noun

крем • (krem) m

1. cream (culinary) (a thick boiled dessert usually made from beaten eggs, milk, sugar, chocolate, fruit etc.)

   Крем кака́о ― Krem kakáo ― Cocoa cream

   Крем ванилия ― Krem vanilija ― Vanilla cream

2. cream (culinary) (uncountable) (Filling or addition to cakes, pastries and other desserts, which is usually prepared by beating butter, cream, egg whites with sugar, etc.)
3. cream, lotion, ointment (cosmetic, medical)

   Хидрата́нтен крем ― Hidratánten krem ― Moisturizing cream

   Крем за ръце ― Krem za rǎce ― Hand cream

4. crème (culinary)
5. lily (botanical) (Lilium candidum)
6. iris (botanical) (Iris pseudacorus)

Declension

References

• “крем”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “крем”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

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Adjective

крем • (krem) (indeclinable, not comparable)

1. cream-coloured, beige

Noun

крем • (krem) m

1. cream (culinary)
2. cream, lotion, ointment

Declension

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French crème.

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Noun

крем • (krem) m inan (genitive кре́ма, nominative plural кре́мы, genitive plural кре́мов, relational adjective кре́мовый)

1. cream, creme

Declension

Derived terms

• заварной крем (zavarnoj krem)
• защи́тный кре́м (zaščítnyj krém)
• ма́сляный крем (másljanyj krem)
• крем-брюле́ (krem-brjulé)
• кре́м для бритья́ (krém dlja britʹjá)
• кре́м для лица́ (krém dlja licá)
• кре́м для о́буви (krém dlja óbuvi)
• кре́м для ру́к (krém dlja rúk)
• кре́м от весну́шек (krém ot vesnúšek)
• кре́м от зага́ра (krém ot zagára)
• кре́м под пу́дру (krém pod púdru)
• кре́мовый (krémovyj)

Descendants

• → Armenian: կրեմ (krem)
• → Azerbaijani: krem
• → Georgian: კრემი (ḳremi)
• → Yakut: крем (krem)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

крем m (Latin spelling krem)

1. cream, creme

See also

• крема

Ukrainian

Ukrainian Wikipedia has an article on:

крем

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Etymology

Borrowed from French crème.

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Noun

крем • (krem) m inan (genitive кре́му, nominative plural кре́ми, genitive plural кре́мів)

1. (cooking) crème (a very sugary, fluffy white cream derivative)
2. (alcoholic beverages) cream liqueur
3. (cosmetics) cream, crème
4. (medicine) cream (viscous aqueous oil/fat emulsion with a medicament added)
5. shoe polish

Declension

Derived terms

• кре́мовий (krémovyj)

Related terms

• крем-брюле́ n (krem-brjulé)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “крем”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2016), “крем”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 7 (кварта́л – кя́хтинський), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “крем”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “крем”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “крем”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “крем”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “крем”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)

Yakut

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian крем (krem). Cognate with English cream and cream.

Noun

крем • (krem)

1. cream

   кремнээх торт ― kremneeq tort ― a cream cake

   креминэн оҕунуохтан ― kreminen oğunuoqtan ― smeared with cream