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crème de cassis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables
cre-me de -cas-sis
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A blood red, sweet, blackcurrant-flavored liqueur, which is an ingredient of kir, an apéritif.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from French crème de cassis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

creme de cassis (alternative) cream de cassis (alternative)

Synonyms

cassis liqueur cassis

Questions

What does crème de cassis mean?
A blood red, sweet, blackcurrant-flavored liqueur, which is an ingredient of kir, an apéritif.
Where does crème de cassis come from?
Borrowed from French crème de cassis.

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