Phrase guide

sour cream

noun · 2 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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  • /ˈsaʊ.ə(ɹ)ˌkɹiːm/
  • /ˌsaʊ.ə(ɹ)ˈkɹiːm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium to turn it slightly sour, often used as a condiment, or a topping for baked potatoes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

artificially soured light cream

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: soured cream

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cream

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: shtalpë — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Arabic: كْرِيم حَامِض (krīm ḥāmiḍ) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Armenian: թթվասեր (tʻtʻvaser) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Azerbaijani: xama — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Bashkir: ҡаймаҡ (qaymaq) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Belarusian: смята́на (smjatána) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Bulgarian: заква́сена смета́на (zakvásena smetána) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Buryat: зөөхэй (zööxej) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Chechen: тӏо (tʼo) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Chinese Cantonese: 酸忌廉 — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酸奶油 (suānnǎiyóu) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Chuvash: хӑйма (hăjma) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • East Circassian: шатэ (šatɛ) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • West Circassian: щатэ (śatɛ) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Czech: zakysaná smetana — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Dutch: zure room — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Erzya: чапавелькс (čapaveľks) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Esperanto: acidkremo — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Estonian: hapukoor — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Finnish: hapankerma — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • French: crème aigre — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • French: crème sure — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • French: fromage blanc — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Georgian: არაჟანი (aražani) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • German: saure Sahne — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • German: Sauerrahm — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • German: Schmand — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Hebrew: שַׁמֶּנֶת חֲמוּצָה (shaménet khamutsá) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Hindi: खट्टी क्रीम (khaṭṭī krīm) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Hindi: स्मेताना (smetānā) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Hungarian: tejföl — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Hungarian: tejfel — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Icelandic: sýrður rjómi — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Irish: uachtar géar — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Italian: panna acida — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Japanese: サワークリーム (sawā kurīmu) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Karelian: kuore — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Kazakh: қаймақ (qaimaq) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Korean: 사워크림 (sawokeurim) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Korean: 발효 크림 (balhyo keurim) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Kyrgyz: сметана (smetana) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Kyrgyz: каймак (kaymak) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Latvian: skābais krējums — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Lithuanian: grietinė — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Macedonian: павлака (pavlaka) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Māori: kirīmi moī — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rømme — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rømme — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Iranian Persian: خامِهٔ تُرْش (xâme-ye torš) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Polish: kwaśna śmietana — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Portuguese: creme azedo — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Portuguese: natas azedas — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Portuguese: natas ácidas — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Romanian: smântână — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Russian: смета́на (smetána) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Scottish Gaelic: uachdar goirt — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Serbo-Croatian: павлака — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Serbo-Croatian: кисела павлака — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Serbo-Croatian: врхње — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Serbo-Croatian: кисело врхње — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Serbo-Croatian: милерам — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Serbo-Croatian: pavlaka — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Serbo-Croatian: kisela pavlaka — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Serbo-Croatian: vrhnje — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Serbo-Croatian: kiselo vrhnje — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Serbo-Croatian: mileram — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Silesian: śmjytana — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Silesian: zana — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Slovak: kyslá smotana — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Slovene: kisla smetana — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Spanish: crema agria — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Swedish: gräddfil — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Tajik: қаймок (qaymok) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Tatar: каймак (qaymaq) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Turkish: ekşi krema — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Udmurt: йӧлвыл (jölvyl) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Udmurt: нӧкы (nöky) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Ukrainian: смета́на (smetána) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Urdu: ھَٹّی کِرِیم (haṭṭī kirīm) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Uzbek: smetana — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Uzbek: qaymoq — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Vietnamese: kem chua — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium
  • Yiddish: סמעטענע (smetene) — cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium