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smetana

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsmɛ.tə.nə/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S M EH1 T AH0 N AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A form of soured cream or crème fraîche from Central and Eastern Europe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Czech composer (1824-1884)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Bedrich Smetana

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: composer

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian смета́на (smetána).

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: թթվասեր (tʻtʻvaser) — type of soured cream
  • Bashkir: ҡаймаҡ (qaymaq) — type of soured cream
  • Belarusian: смята́на (smjatána) — type of soured cream
  • Bulgarian: смета́на (smetána) — type of soured cream
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斯美塔那 (sīměitǎnà) — type of soured cream
  • Czech: zakysaná smetana — type of soured cream
  • Danish: smetana — type of soured cream
  • Estonian: hapukoor — type of soured cream
  • Finnish: smetana — type of soured cream
  • Finnish: vuolukerma — type of soured cream
  • Gagauz: kaymak — type of soured cream
  • Georgian: სმეტანა (smeṭana) — type of soured cream
  • German: Schmand — type of soured cream
  • German: Schmant — type of soured cream
  • German: Milchrahm — type of soured cream
  • Hungarian: tejföl — type of soured cream
  • Hungarian: tejfel — type of soured cream
  • Ingrian: koore — type of soured cream
  • Italian: smetana — type of soured cream
  • Japanese: スメタナ (sumetana) — type of soured cream
  • Komi-Permyak: нӧк (nök) — type of soured cream
  • Komi-Permyak: йӧввыв (jövvyv) — type of soured cream
  • Komi-Zyrian: нӧк (nök) — type of soured cream
  • Korean: 스메타나 (seumetana) — type of soured cream
  • Eastern Mari: ӱмбал (ümbal) — type of soured cream
  • Western Mari: нӹргӓ (nÿrgä) — type of soured cream
  • Norwegian: smetana — type of soured cream
  • Polish: śmietana — type of soured cream
  • Portuguese: smetana — type of soured cream
  • Romanian: smântână — type of soured cream
  • Russian: смета́на (smetána) — type of soured cream
  • Slovak: kyslá smotana — type of soured cream
  • Slovene: kisla smetana — type of soured cream
  • Spanish: smetana — type of soured cream
  • Swedish: smetana — type of soured cream
  • Tuvan: сүт хоюу (süt xoyuu) — type of soured cream
  • Udmurt: йӧлвыл (jölvyl) — type of soured cream
  • Udmurt: нӧкы (nöky) — type of soured cream
  • Ukrainian: смета́на (smetána) — type of soured cream
  • Uzbek: smetana — type of soured cream
  • Veps: kandatez — type of soured cream
  • Yiddish: סמעטענע (smetene) — type of soured cream
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