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crème

/kʁɛm/

noun, feminine/kʁɛm/plural: crèmes

cream; café crème; ice cream

Synonyms: crème glacée, crème à glace, crème en glace, glace

Inherited from Middle French chresme, from Old French cresme, from Late Latin crama, a Transalpine Gaulish word influenced by Latin chrisma (modern French chrême), from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma).

adjective/kʁɛm/

cream (color/colour); cool

Synonyms: cool, bien, classe

Inherited from Middle French chresme, from Old French cresme, from Late Latin crama, a Transalpine Gaulish word influenced by Latin chrisma (modern French chrême), from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma).