cramum

Latin

Etymology

Likely a borrowing from Gaulish *crama (related to Welsh cramen (“scab, skin”), Breton krammenn), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama- .

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkraː.mum/, [ˈkraː.mũ]

Noun

crāmum n (genitive crāmī); second declension

cream

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	crāmum	crāma
Genitive	crāmī	crāmōrum
Dative	crāmō	crāmīs
Accusative	crāmum	crāma
Ablative	crāmō	crāmīs
Vocative	crāmum	crāma

Descendants

English: cream
French: crème
Italian: crema
Russian: крем m (krem)
Spanish: crema

References

The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.

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