crème fraîche

UK/kɹɛmˈfɹɛʃ/

noun

A slightly soured thick cream (generally less sour than sour cream).

OriginFrench crème fraîche →
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Meanings

nouncrème fraîche (countable and uncountable, plural crèmes fraîches)

plural crèmes fraîches · alternative crème fraiche · alternative creme fraiche

  1. countableuncountableA slightly soured thick cream (generally less sour than sour cream).

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
soured cream

Origin

  1. Frenchcrème fraîche
  2. Englishcrème fraîche

Borrowed from French crème fraîche (literally “fresh cream”).

More words from French

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Translations

Bulgarian крем фреш
  • крем фреш (krem freš)soured thick cream
Chinese Mandarin 法式酸奶油
  • 法式酸奶油 (fǎshì suānnǎiyóu, fàshì suānnǎiyóu)soured thick cream
Dutch crème fraîche
  • crème fraîchesoured thick cream
Finnish ranskankerma
  • ranskankermasoured thick cream
French crème fraîche
  • crème fraîchesoured thick cream
German Crème fraîche
  • Crème fraîchesoured thick cream
Indonesian krim asam
  • krim asamsoured thick cream
Polish crème fraîche
  • crème fraîchesoured thick cream
Russian крем-фреш
  • крем-фреш (krem-freš)soured thick cream
Swedish crème fraiche
  • crème fraichesoured thick cream
Ukrainian крем-фреш
  • крем-фреш (krem-freš)soured thick cream
Cite this entry
APA

crème fraîche. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cr%C3%A8me%20fra%C3%AEche

MLA

“crème fraîche.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cr%C3%A8me%20fra%C3%AEche. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crème fraîche,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cr%C3%A8me%20fra%C3%AEche.

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