"crème de la crème" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Anglais]

IPA: \ˌkɹɛm də lɑ ˈkɹɛm\, ˌkɹɛm də lɑ ˈkɹɛm, ˌkɹɛm də lɑ ˈkɹɛm Audio: En-us-crème de la crème.ogg , en-uk-creme de la creme.ogg Forms: creme de la creme
  1. Crème de la crème. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: fr-crème_de_la_crème-en-noun--NCEakNh Categories (other): Gallicismes en anglais, Noms indénombrables en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: best of the best, cream of the crop

Noun [Français]

IPA: \kʁɛm də la kʁɛm\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-crème de la crème.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-crème de la crème.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-crème de la crème.wav
  1. Le meilleur de quelque chose.
    Sense id: fr-crème_de_la_crème-fr-noun-mqBbQDSG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fine fleur, fin du fin Translations: cream of the crop (Anglais), best of the best (Anglais), flor y nata [feminine] (Espagnol), 精華 (seika) (Japonais), 精髄 (seizui) (Japonais), crème de la crème (Suédois)

Noun [Néerlandais]

  1. Crème de la crème.
    Sense id: fr-crème_de_la_crème-nl-noun--NCEakNh Categories (other): Gallicismes en néerlandais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: elite, summum

Noun [Suédois]

  1. Crème de la crème.
    Sense id: fr-crème_de_la_crème-sv-noun--NCEakNh Categories (other): Gallicismes en suédois
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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