C1noun · countable / uncountable · rare

crumb

crumb · crumbs

крихта

крошка, кроха, крупица, мякиш

Krümel, Brösel, Krume, Schmolle

A small piece which breaks off from baked foodA small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).

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/kɹʌm/

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Meaning

7 senses

(countable, uncountable)A small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
The pigeons were happily pecking at crumbs of bread on the ground.
Krümel, Brösel, Brosame
кро́шкаkróška
кри́хтаkrýxta
small piece of e.g. bread or cake
(countable, uncountable)A small piece of any other solid substance.
a very small quantity of something
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A bit, small amount.
a crumb of comfort
Krümel, Brösel
кро́шкаkróška, кро́хаkróxa, крупи́цаkrupíca
(countable, uncountable)The soft internal portion of bread, surrounded by crust.
Krume, Schmolle
мя́кишmjákiš
(countable, uncountable)A mixture of sugar, cocoa and milk, used to make industrial chocolate.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A nobody; a worthless person.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A body louse (Pediculus humanus).

Examples

70 sentences

Why are there crumbs everywhere?
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The fish swam up for crumbs.
deDer Fisch schwam nach Brotbröseln.
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The birds ate the bread crumbs.
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The pigeons were pecking at crumbs.
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Ziri left crumbs behind after breakfast.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

small piece of biscuit, cake, etc:

Русский

By meaning 3

small piece of biscuit, cake, etc:

(figurative) small amount:

soft internal portion of bread:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

small piece of biscuit, cake, etc:

soft internal portion of bread:

Origin

From Middle English crome, cromme, crumme, crume, from Old English cruma (“crumb, fragment

From Middle English crome, cromme, crumme, crume, from Old English cruma (“crumb, fragment”), from Proto-Germanic *krumô, *krūmô (“fragment, crumb”). The b is unetymological, as in limb, and first appeared in the mid-15th century, influenced by crumble and words such as dumb, numb, and thumb. Cognate with Dutch kruim (“crumb”), Low German Krome, Krume (“crumb”), German Krume (“crumb”), Danish krumme (“crumb”), Swedish dialectal krumma (“crumb”), Swedish in kråm (“crumbs, giblets”), Icelandic krumur (“crumb”), Latin grūmus (“a little heap”).

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