creamy

English

Etymology

From cream +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹiːmi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːmi

Adjective

creamy (comparative creamier, superlative creamiest)

1. Containing cream.

   creamy milk

2. Of food or drink, having the rich taste or thick, smooth texture of cream, whether or not it actually contains cream.

   creamy chocolate

3. Of any liquid, having the thick texture of cream.

   a creamy lotion

4. Having the colour of cream.
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Derived terms

• creamily
• creaminess
• creamy layer
• creamy snuff

 

Translations

containing cream

• Bulgarian: сметанов (smetanov)
• Catalan: cremós
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 含乳脂的

• Finnish: kermainen (fi)
• French: crémeux (fr)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: berkrim
• Polish: kremowy (pl), śmietankowy (pl)
• Romanian: cremos (ro)
• Russian: сли́вочный (ru) (slívočnyj) (containing milk cream)
• Spanish: cremoso (es)
• Swedish: gräddig (sv)
• Tagalog: makrema

of food or drink, having the taste or texture of cream

• Catalan: cremós
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: kermainen (fi), kermamainen
• French: crémeux (fr)
• German: sahnig (de), cremig (de), cremeartig (de)
• Hungarian: krémes (hu), tejszínszerű
• Italian: cremoso (it)
• Malay: berlemak
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kremete

  Nynorsk: kremete

• Polish: kremowy (pl)
• Romanian: cremos (ro)
• Russian: сметанообра́зный (ru) (smetanoobráznyj), густо́й (ru) (gustój) (thick)
• Spanish: cremoso (es)
• Swedish: krämig (sv)
• Tagalog: makrema

of any liquid, having the texture of cream

• Catalan: cremós
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: kermamainen
• French: crémeux (fr)
• Italian: cremoso (it)
• Romanian: cremos (ro)
• Russian: сметанообра́зный (ru) (smetanoobráznyj), кремообра́зный (kremoobráznyj)
• Spanish: cremoso (es)
• Tagalog: makrema

having the colour of cream

• Bulgarian: кремав (kremav)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奶油色的

• Finnish: kermanvärinen, kermanvalkoinen
• French: crème (fr) m
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: kremowy (pl)
• Russian: кре́мовый (ru) (krémovyj)
• Spanish: crema (es)

Noun

creamy (plural creamies)

1. A horse with a cream-coloured coat.