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crème de la crème

crème de la crème noun: best of the best; something superlative; the very best.

Noun

crème de la crème (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic, singular, singular-only) Best of the best; something superlative; the very best.
    • 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.’1961, Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, page 14

crème de la crème meaning in Indonesian

crème de la crème in Indonesian

best of the best
crème de la crème

Examples of crème de la crème in a sentence

  • Robert Rausch (the ‘Love Island’ girlies know), these ones from Dickies are the crème de la crème.2024 October 8, Megan Uy, Tarah-Lynn Saint-Elien, “65+ Fall Prime Day Fashion Deals Your Closet Is Begging You to Shop”, in Cosmopolitan:
  • 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]).2025 April 26, Caroline Roux, “The age of adaption”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC:

Synonyms of crème de la crème

Forms of crème de la crème

alternative formcreme de la creme

Origin of crème de la crème

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

Questions about crème de la crème

What does crème de la crème mean?
Crème de la crème means best of the best; something superlative; the very best.
What is crème de la crème in Indonesian?
Crème de la crème in Indonesian is crème de la crème. See Crème de la crème meaning in Indonesian.
How do you use crème de la crème in a sentence?
Robert Rausch (the ‘Love Island’ girlies know), these ones from Dickies are the crème de la crème.
What part of speech is crème de la crème?
Crème de la crème is a noun.

Words near crème de la crème in the dictionary

  1. crème caramels
  2. crème chantilly
  3. crème de cacao
  4. crème de cassis
  5. crème de framboise
  6. crème de la crème
  7. crème de menthe
  8. crème de violette
  9. crème fraiche
  10. crème fraîche
  11. crème pâtissière

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