crème fraîche
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See also: creme fraiche and Crème fraîche
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French crème fraîche (literally “fresh cream”).
Pronunciation
Noun
crème fraîche (countable and uncountable, plural crèmes fraîches)
- A slightly soured thick cream (generally less sour than sour cream).
Translations
soured thick cream
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See also
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French crème fraîche.
Noun
crème fraîche (rare)
Declension
| Inflection of crème fraîche (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | crème fraîche | — | ||
| genitive | crème fraîchen | — | ||
| partitive | crème fraîcheä | — | ||
| illative | crème fraîcheen | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | crème fraîche | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | crème fraîche | — | |
| gen. | crème fraîchen | |||
| genitive | crème fraîchen | — | ||
| partitive | crème fraîcheä | — | ||
| inessive | crème fraîchessä | — | ||
| elative | crème fraîchestä | — | ||
| illative | crème fraîcheen | — | ||
| adessive | crème fraîchellä | — | ||
| ablative | crème fraîcheltä | — | ||
| allative | crème fraîchelle | — | ||
| essive | crème fraîchenä | — | ||
| translative | crème fraîcheksi | — | ||
| abessive | crème fraîchettä | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Synonyms
Further reading
- “crème fraîche”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Literally, “fresh cream”.
Pronunciation
Noun
crème fraîche f (plural crèmes fraîches)