English

Pronunciation
IPA|/kɹ�m/, SAMPA|/krVm/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�m|-�m

Noun
en-noun

1. A small piece (such of cake, biscuit or bread).

#: The pigeons are quite happily picking at bread crumbs on the ground.

1. The soft internal portion of bread surrounded by crust.
2. figurative A small amount.

#: a crumb of comfort

1. A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk used to make industrial chocolate

Derived terms
crumber
crumble
crumby, crummy
breadcrumb

Translations
trans-top|small piece of biscuit, cake, etc
Danish: krumme c
Finnish: murunen
French: t+|fr|miette|f
German: Krümel m, Brösel m (Austria), Brosame m (archaic)
Greek t|el|�ί�ο�λο|n|s|sc=Grek (psíchoulo)
Hebrew: he-translation|פר�ר|perur m
Hungarian: t+|hu|morzsa
trans-mid
Italian: t-|it|briciola|f
Japanese: JAchar|� (JAchar|��, kuzu)
Portuguese: migalha f
Russian: t+|ru|к�о�ка|f|sc=Cyrl
Spanish: t-|es|miga|f
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trans-top|soft internal portion of bread
Finnish: sisus
French: t+|fr|mie|f
German: t+|de|Krume|f
Greek t|el|�ί�ο�λο|n|s|sc=Grek (psíchoulo)
trans-mid
Hungarian: kenyérbél
Italian: t-|it|mollica|f
Portuguese: miolo (de pão) m
Russian: м�ки� m
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trans-top|(figurative) small amount
Finnish: murunen
German: Krümel m, Brösel m (Austria)
Greek t|el|�ί�ο�λα|n|p|sc=Grek (psíchoula)
trans-mid
Hungarian: morzsányi
Japanese: t-|ja|���|trkakera|scJAchar
Portuguese: migalha f
trans-bottom

trans-top|mixture to make industrial chocolate
trans-mid
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trans-top|Translations to be categorised
ttbc|Albanian: tul m, thërrime f, pl
ttbc|Chinese: 麵��, ���
ttbc|Dutch: kruimel m
trans-mid
ttbc|Romanian: firimitur� f, f�râm� f
ttbc|Spanish: miga f
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Verb
en-verb|crumbs|crumbing|crumbed

1. To cover with crumbs.

Derived terms
crumbed

Translations

Finnish: leivittää
German: t+|de|panieren
Russian: к�о�и��

ang:crumb
et:crumb
fr:crumb
io:crumb
hu:crumb
ru:crumb
sv:crumb
te:crumb
vi:crumb
zh:crumb

• 2007-12-22 12:41 - Tbot - added t for hu, ru

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