vrhnje

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From vȑh (“top”), due to the cream being skimmed from the top of milk.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʋr̂xɲe/
  • Hyphenation: vrh‧nje

Noun

vȑhnje n (Cyrillic spelling вр̏хње)

  1. (uncountable, Croatia) cream (liquid separated from milk)
    sladoled s vrhnjem

Declension
Declension of vrhnje
singular
nominative vrhnje
genitive vrhnja
dative vrhnju
accusative vrhnje
vocative vrhnje
locative vrhnju
instrumental vrhnjem

Synonyms
  • pavlaka (Bosnia, Serbia)
  • šlag (whipped cream)

References
  • “vrhnje” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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