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English
Etymology
Latin ; compare cream.
Noun
cremor (plural cremors)
- (archaic) cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From cremar + -or.
Pronunciation
Noun
cremor f (plural cremors)
- burning
- Synonym: ardor
- burning sensation
Further reading
Latin
Etymology 1
Disputed; possibly one of the following:
Noun
cremor m sg (genitive cremōris); third declension
- Thick juice or broth, gravy
- Thick juice made by boiling grain, a mash
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cremō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 142
- “cremor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cremor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cremor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Etymology 2
Verb
cremor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of cremō