Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crème de la crème

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables: cre-me de la creme
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Best of the best; something superlative; the very best.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"To be an astronaut you must be the crème de la crème."
"‘Plainly,’ said Miss Brodie, ‘you were not listening to me. If only you small girls would listen to me I would make of you the crème de la crème.’"
"Whether you've been on the hunt for a pair of quality overalls or you just wanna cosplay as Mrs. Robert Rausch (the ‘Love Island’ girlies know), these ones from Dickies are the crème de la crème."
"He studied engineering and architecture at the Politecnico di Torino and the fancy Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées—one of those Paris institutions for the crème de la crème de la crème^([sic])."

Etymology

Borrowed from French crème de la crème (literally “cream of the cream”).

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

creme de la creme (alternative)

Synonyms

best of the best cream of the crop pick of the crop

Questions

What does crème de la crème mean?: Best of the best; something superlative; the very best.
Where does crème de la crème come from?: Borrowed from French crème de la crème (literally “cream of the cream”).

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