cream

crème

Partie épaisse et grasse du lait, utilisée en cuisine ou ajoutée aux aliments et aux boissons.

En anglais simple : The thick, fatty part of milk, used in cooking or added to food and drinks.

• Would you like some cream?
• She poured cream over the strawberries.
• We served the cake with whipped cream.

Expressions courantes : whipped cream, double cream, cream in coffee

crème

Substance lisse et grasse que l’on applique sur la peau pour l’adoucir ou traiter un problème.

En anglais simple : A smooth, oily substance put on the skin to soften it or treat a problem.

• This cream makes my hands soft.
• Rub a little cream onto the dry skin.
• Which face cream do you use?

Synonymes : skin cream

Expressions courantes : face cream, hand cream, apply cream

crème, couleur crème

Couleur claire, blanche avec une légère nuance de jaune.

En anglais simple : A pale colour that is white with a little yellow in it.

• I prefer cream to white.
• We painted the bedroom walls cream.
• The curtains came in blue, green, and cream.

Synonymes : ivory, off-white

Expressions courantes : pale cream, cream and white, shade of cream

crème médicamenteuse, crème

Substance lisse contenant un médicament, que l’on applique sur la peau pour traiter un problème.

En anglais simple : A smooth substance containing medicine that you put on your skin to treat a problem.

• The doctor gave me a cream.
• Apply this cream to the rash twice daily.
• The cream stopped the itching after a few days.

Synonymes : medicated cream

Expressions courantes : medicated cream, antibiotic cream, apply cream

crème, élite

Les meilleures personnes ou choses d’un groupe.

En anglais simple : The best people or things in a group.

• These players are the cream of the club.
• The school attracts the cream of local talent.
• Only the cream of the crop reached the final.

Comment l'utiliser : the cream of something (These students are the cream of the school.)

Synonymes : best, elite

Expressions courantes : cream of something, cream of society

portion de crème

Petite portion de crème, généralement destinée à être ajoutée au café.

En anglais simple : A small serving of the fatty part of milk, usually for adding to coffee.

• I'd like two cream with my coffee.
• She asked for an extra cream.
• He ordered a coffee with one cream and two sugars.

Synonymes : portion of cream

Expressions courantes : two cream, an extra cream, coffee with cream

crème

D’une couleur blanche légèrement teintée de jaune.

En anglais simple : Having a pale colour that is white with a little yellow in it.

• She wore a cream dress.
• The kitchen has cream walls and blue cupboards.
• We bought a pale cream carpet for the bedroom.

Synonymes : cream-coloured, off-white, ivory

Expressions courantes : cream walls, cream dress, pale cream

réduire en purée, mixer

Mélanger ou écraser des aliments jusqu’à obtenir une préparation lisse, épaisse ou liquide.

En anglais simple : To mix or crush food until it becomes smooth and thick or liquid.

• Cream the vegetables until smooth.
• She creamed the potatoes with warm milk.
• Cream the mixture in a blender before serving.

Comment l'utiliser : cream something with something (Cream the cooked vegetables with a little stock.)

Synonymes : purée, blend

Expressions courantes : cream the vegetables, cream something together, cream the mixture