"cream (from milk)" in seven languages
Meaningcream (from milk)
Spanish
/ˈnata/
fem.other source · of uncertain origin
Crema, from French, is custard or face cream.
French
/kʁɛm/
fem.inherited
Italian
/ˈpanna/
fem.other source · of uncertain origin
Crema is custard or face cream.
Portuguese
/ˈkɾẽmi dʒi ˈlejtʃi/
masc.borrowed · French crème
European Portuguese says nata.
Romanian
/smɨnˈtɨnə/
fem.other source · Slavic (cf. Old Church Slavonic sъmetana)
Whipped cream is frișcă.
Catalan
/ˈnatə/
fem.other source · of uncertain origin (shared with Spanish nata)
English
/kɹim/
from Latin/French · Old French cresme
The Latin ancestor
CRĀMAM (Late Latin, probably Gaulish)‘cream’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French crème goes back to a Late Latin word for cream, probably Gaulish, crossed with Church Latin CHRISMA 'anointing oil'. Spanish nata and Italian panna are words of their own; their crema is custard or lotion.
English relatives: crème brûlée, creamy
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In a sentence
- esMe encantan las fresas con nata.
- frJ'adore les fraises à la crème.
- itAdoro le fragole con la panna.
- ptAdoro morango com creme de leite.
- roAdor căpșunile cu smântână.
- caM'encanten les maduixes amb nata.
- enI love strawberries with cream.