crème de la crème



crème de la crème

Of a person or a thing, the very best of a similar group or type. Literally translated from French as "cream of the cream." This car is the crème de la crème of luxury vehicles. Janet is the crème de la crème of photographers.
See also: crème, DE, la

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hrafn-Icelandic, Ancient Scandinavian
Gabriellagah-BRYEL-lah (Italian), GAWB-ree-el-law (Hungarian), ga-bree-EL-ə (English), gah-bree-EL-lah (Swedish)Italian, Hungarian, English, Swedish
Sieffre-Welsh
Clementine['kleməntain]
Mikha'il-Arabic
Tizianatee-TSYAH-nahItalian