CREME
What does "CREME" mean?
Cream or a cream-based preparation, especially in cooking and brand names (from French crème).
Meanings
- Cream, or a sweet creamy substance, used especially in culinary and product names. The cake was filled with a vanilla creme.
- A sweet liqueur, as in creme de menthe or creme de cassis. She added a splash of creme de menthe to the dessert.
Did you know?
- 'Creme brulee' sounds elegant, but in French it just means 'burnt cream' - the fancy dessert is named bluntly for the scorched sugar crust you crack with a spoon.
Word origin
An anglicized spelling of French 'crème' (dropping the grave accent), which itself descends from the same Old French 'cresme' that gave English the word 'cream'.
Remember it
CREME is CREAM gone French: keep the C-R-E, swap the rest for -ME, and say it 'krem'.
A little poem
Beneath the torch's brittle gold,
a softness keeps its cool, untold.
couplet
What it teaches
A fancier spelling does not change the milk; substance survives every accent we drop or add.
Quick facts
What does CREME mean?
Cream or a cream-based preparation, especially in cooking and brand names (from French crème).
Is CREME a valid word?
Yes — CREME is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CREME?
CREME has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CREME come from?
An anglicized spelling of French 'crème' (dropping the grave accent), which itself descends from the same Old French 'cresme' that gave English the word 'cream'.
What can CREME teach us?
A fancier spelling does not change the milk; substance survives every accent we drop or add.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.