rjómi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rjúmi, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrjouːmɪ/

  Rhymes: -ouːmɪ

Noun

rjómi m (genitive singular rjóma, no plural)

1. cream (fatty part of milk)
2. cream (best part of something)

Declension

Declension of rjómi (sg-only masculine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	rjómi	rjóminn
accusative	rjóma	rjómann
dative	rjóma	rjómanum
genitive	rjóma	rjómans

Derived terms

• fitulítill rjómi (“low-fat cream”)
• fleyta rjómann/fleyta rjómann af [einhverju] (to be make profit, to take the best of [something])
• gervirjómi (“cream analogue”)
• íbættur rjómi (“admixture of cream”)
• kaffirjómi (“single cream”)
• mysurjómi (“whey cream”)
• rjómablíða
• rjómaduft (“cream-milk powder, cream powder”)
• rjómaís (“ice cream”)
• rjómakaka
• rjómalitaður (“cream-coloured”)
• rjómalíkjör (“crème liqueur”)
• rjómalogn
• rjómapóstur
• rjómaskáli
• rjómaskilvinda (“centrifugal cream separator”)
• rjómaterta
• rjómaþeytari
• rjómi með fáum hitaeiningum (“low-calorie cream”)
• vatnssneyddur rjómi (“dehydrated cream”)
• þeytirjómi (“whipping cream”)
• þeyttur rjómi