crumb

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• /kɹʌm/
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English, Scottish, and Irish surname, spelling variant of Crum.

From Middle English crome, cromme, crumme, crume, from Old English cruma (“crumb, fragment”), from Proto-Germanic *krumô, *krūmô (“fragment, crumb”). The b is unetymological, as in limb, appearing in the mid-15th century to match crumble and words like dumb, numb, thumb. Cognate with Dutch kruim (“crumb”), Low German Krome, Krume (“crumb”), German Krume (“crumb”), Danish krumme (“crumb”), Swedish dialectal krumma (“crumb”), Swedish inkråm (“crumbs, giblets”), Icelandic krumur (“crumb”), Latin grūmus (“a little heap”).

170 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كِسْرَة (kisra) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Arabic: فُتَات (futāt) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Arabic: حتّة — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Arabic: فتفوتة — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Armenian: փշրանք (pʻšrankʻ) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Armenian: փշուր (pʻšur) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Azerbaijani: qırıntı — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Belarusian: кро́шка (króška) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Bulgarian: троха́ (trohá) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Catalan: engruna — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Catalan: mica — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Chinese: зазазы (zazazɨ) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Chinese: зазар (zazar) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Chinese Mandarin: 渣 (zhā) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Chinese Mandarin: 渣兒 /渣儿 (zhār) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Chinese Mandarin: 屑 (xiè) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Cornish: brewyon — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Cornish: brewyonen — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Czech: drobek — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Danish: krumme — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Dutch: kruimel — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Finnish: murunen — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• French: miette — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Galician: migalla — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Galician: frangulla — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Georgian: ნამცეცი (namceci) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• German: Krümel — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• German: Brösel — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• German: Brosame — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Greek: ψίχουλο (psíchoulo) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Greek: τρίμμα (trímma) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Ancient Greek: ψιχίον (psikhíon) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Hebrew: פֵּרוּר (pērur) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Hungarian: morzsa — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Igbo: ághíríghá — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Indonesian: remahan — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Ingrian: muru — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Ingrian: muro — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Irish: grabhróg — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Irish: bruscar — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Italian: briciola — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Japanese: 屑 (kuzu) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Japanese: かす (kasu) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Kazakh: қиқым (qiqym) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Kazakh: қоқым (qoqym) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Khmer: សាច់ (sac) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Korean: 부스러기 (buseureogi) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Kyrgyz: күкүм (küküm) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Lao: ເສດ (sēt) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Latin: frustum — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Latin: mīca — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Lithuanian: trupinys — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Luxembourgish: Grimmel — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Macedonian: тро́шка (tróška) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Nanai: пурумсэ (purumse) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Old English: cruma — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Persian: خرده (xorde) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Plautdietsch: Kjreemel — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Polish: okruch — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Portuguese: migalha — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Romanian: sfărâmătură — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Romanian: fărâmă — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Romanian: fărâmătură — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Russian: кро́шка (króška) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Scots: crum — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Scots: pran — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Scottish Gaelic: criomag — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Scottish Gaelic: sprùilleach — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Serbo-Croatian: мрвица — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Serbo-Croatian: mrvica — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Slovak: drobček — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Slovene: drobtina — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Spanish: miga — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Spanish: migaja — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Spanish: miaja — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Swedish: smula — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Tajik: реза (reza) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Tarifit: awezwiz — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Thai: เศษ (sèet) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Turkish: kırıntı — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Ukrainian: кри́хта (krýxta) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Uzbek: uvoq — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Vietnamese: miếng — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Vietnamese: mẫu — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Vietnamese: mảnh vụn — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Waigali: pićã — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Welsh: briwsionyn — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Yiddish: ברעקל (brekl) — small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
• Arabic: حتّة — (figurative) small amount
• Arabic: فتفوتة — (figurative) small amount
• Bulgarian: троха́ (trohá) — (figurative) small amount
• Catalan: mica — (figurative) small amount
• Catalan: molla — (figurative) small amount
• Chinese Mandarin: 少許 /少许 (shǎoxǔ) — (figurative) small amount
• Czech: drobek — (figurative) small amount
• Dutch: kruimel — (figurative) small amount
• Dutch: morzel — (figurative) small amount
• Finnish: murunen — (figurative) small amount
• Galician: migalla — (figurative) small amount
• Galician: frangulla — (figurative) small amount
• German: Krümel — (figurative) small amount
• German: Brösel — (figurative) small amount
• Greek: ψίχουλα (psíchoula) — (figurative) small amount
• Hungarian: morzsányi — (figurative) small amount
• Irish: blúire — (figurative) small amount
• Italian: briciola — (figurative) small amount
• Japanese: 欠片 (kakera) — (figurative) small amount
• Macedonian: тро́шка (tróška) — (figurative) small amount
• Māori: kongakonga — (figurative) small amount
• Portuguese: migalha — (figurative) small amount
• Russian: кро́шка (króška) — (figurative) small amount
• Russian: кро́ха (króxa) — (figurative) small amount
• Russian: крупи́ца (krupíca) — (figurative) small amount
• Scots: crum — (figurative) small amount
• Scottish Gaelic: criomag — (figurative) small amount
• Spanish: miga — (figurative) small amount
• Spanish: cacho — (figurative) small amount
• Spanish: migaja — (figurative) small amount
• Spanish: miaja — (figurative) small amount
• Swedish: smula — (figurative) small amount
• Arabic: لُبّ (lubb) — soft internal portion of bread
• Arabic: قلب — soft internal portion of bread
• Arabic: بطعة (baṭʕa) — soft internal portion of bread
• Arabic: لبابة (lbāba) — soft internal portion of bread
• Bulgarian: среда (sreda) — soft internal portion of bread
• Catalan: molla — soft internal portion of bread
• Catalan: resquitx — soft internal portion of bread
• West Circassian: купсэ (kwupsɛ) — soft internal portion of bread
• Czech: střída — soft internal portion of bread
• Czech: střídka — soft internal portion of bread
• Dutch: kruim — soft internal portion of bread
• Finnish: sisus — soft internal portion of bread
• French: mie — soft internal portion of bread
• Galician: miga — soft internal portion of bread
• Galician: rafa — soft internal portion of bread
• Galician: miolo — soft internal portion of bread
• German: Krume — soft internal portion of bread
• German: Schmolle — soft internal portion of bread
• Greek: ψίχα (psícha) — soft internal portion of bread
• Hungarian: kenyérbél — soft internal portion of bread
• Irish: croí — soft internal portion of bread
• Italian: mollica — soft internal portion of bread
• Polish: miękisz — soft internal portion of bread
• Portuguese: miolo (de pão) — soft internal portion of bread
• Romanian: miez — soft internal portion of bread
• Russian: мя́киш (mjákiš) — soft internal portion of bread
• Scots: crum — soft internal portion of bread
• Scottish Gaelic: sprùilleach — soft internal portion of bread
• Sicilian: muḍḍica — soft internal portion of bread
• Spanish: miga — soft internal portion of bread
• Spanish: migaja — soft internal portion of bread
• Spanish: molledo — soft internal portion of bread
• Spanish: mollero — soft internal portion of bread
• Spanish: molla — soft internal portion of bread
• Swedish: inkråm — soft internal portion of bread
• Tatar: эпэй йомшагы (epʹey yomşağı) — soft internal portion of bread
• Turkish: ekmek içi — soft internal portion of bread
• Venetan: mołéna — soft internal portion of bread
• Welsh: mwydion — soft internal portion of bread
• Welsh: bywyn — soft internal portion of bread
• Italian: impasto — mixture to make industrial chocolate
• Bulgarian: троша (troša) — to cover with crumbs
• Dutch: paneren — to cover with crumbs
• Finnish: leivittää — to cover with crumbs
• French: paner — to cover with crumbs
• German: panieren — to cover with crumbs
• Italian: impanare — to cover with crumbs
• Russian: кроши́ть (krošítʹ) — to cover with crumbs
• Spanish: empanar — to cover with crumbs
• Swedish: panera — to cover with crumbs