name
Meaning 1
A surname from Middle English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
creamer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈkɹiː.mə(ɹ)/
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US: /ˈkɹiː.mɚ/
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rhymes with -iːmə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: K R IY1 M ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A jug for holding cream.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A separator for removing cream from milk to leave skimmed milk.
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noun
Meaning 4
A nondairy product that adds a creamy texture to coffee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- nondairy creamer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lightener, whitener
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A small thimble-sized or stick-shaped container of milk or cream, used as a standard individual "cream" or "milk" portion, typically provided by restaurants for cups of tea or coffee. In recent decades usually a disposable plastic container; in the mid-20th century often a tiny porcelain pitcher.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
a small pitcher for serving cream
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cream pitcher
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pitcher, ewer
History
Etymology
Occupational surname for a seller of dairy products, from an agent derivative of Middle English creme (“cream”).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama-der. Proto-Celtic *krammender. Gaulish *cramabor.? Late Latin crāmum Ecclesiastical Latin chrisma blend Old French cresmebor. Middle English creme English cream English -er English creamer From cream + -er.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kermanekka — jug for cream
- Finnish: kermakko — jug for cream
- German: Sahnekännchen — jug for cream
- Polish: dzban na śmietankę — jug for cream
- Russian: сли́вочник (slívočnik) — jug for cream
- Swedish: gräddkanna — jug for cream
- Swedish: gräddsnipa — jug for cream
- Swedish: gräddsnäcka — jug for cream
- Finnish: kahvikerma — nondairy cream substitute
- Finnish: kasviskerma — nondairy cream substitute
- Finnish: kahvikermajauhe — nondairy cream substitute
- German: Kaffeeweißer — nondairy cream substitute
- Hindi: क्रीमर (krīmar) — nondairy cream substitute
- Indonesian: krimer — nondairy cream substitute
- Navajo: tsʼááłbáí — nondairy cream substitute
- Polish: zabielacz — nondairy cream substitute
- Swedish: gräddersättning — nondairy cream substitute
- Thai: ครีมเทียม (kriim-tiiam) — nondairy cream substitute
- German: Kaffeesahne — a packet of cream or milk
- Polish: śmietanka — a packet of cream or milk
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