Phrase guide

candy floss

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈkændi ˌflɒs/
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noun

Meaning 1

Heated sugar spun into thin threads and collected into a mass, usually on a stick.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cotton candy, fairy floss

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: spookasem — sweet
  • Arabic: غَزْل اَلْبَنَات (ḡazl al-banāt) — sweet
  • Arabic: شَعَربَنَات (šaʕarbanāt) — sweet
  • Arabic: حَلَاوَة قُطُن (ḥalāwa guṭun) — sweet
  • Arabic: صوف (ṣūf, ṣawf) — sweet
  • Armenian: բամբակ (bambak) — sweet
  • Armenian: շաքարե բամբակ (šakʻare bambak) — sweet
  • Asturian: algodón de zucre — sweet
  • Azerbaijani: şirin pambıq — sweet
  • Basque: azukrezko kotoi — sweet
  • Bengali: হাওয়াই মিঠাই (haōẇai miṭhai) — sweet
  • Bengali: হাওয়াই মিষ্টি (haōẇai miśṭi) — sweet
  • Bulgarian: захарен памук (zaharen pamuk) — sweet
  • Catalan: cotó fluix de sucre — sweet
  • Catalan: cotó-en-pèl dolç — sweet
  • Chinese Cantonese: 棉花糖 — sweet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 棉花糖 (miánhuātáng) — sweet
  • Cornish: komolen sugra — sweet
  • Czech: cukrová vata — sweet
  • Danish: candyfloss — sweet
  • Dutch: suikerspin — sweet
  • Esperanto: sukerŝpinaĵo — sweet
  • Estonian: suhkruvatt — sweet
  • Faroese: sukurvatt — sweet
  • Finnish: hattara — sweet
  • French: barbe à papa — sweet
  • Georgian: ბამბა (bamba) — sweet
  • Georgian: ბამბის ნაყინი (bambis naq̇ini) — sweet
  • German: Zuckerwatte — sweet
  • Greek: μαλλί της γριάς (mallí tis griás) — sweet
  • Gujarati: મીઠું રૂ (mīṭhũ rū) — sweet
  • Hebrew: שערות סבתא (sa'arót sávta) — sweet
  • Hebrew: צמר גפן מתוק (tsémer géfen matók) — sweet
  • Hindi: बुड्ढी के बाल (buḍḍhī ke bāl) — sweet
  • Hungarian: vattacukor — sweet
  • Icelandic: kandífloss — sweet
  • Icelandic: ullarbrjóstsykur — sweet
  • Icelandic: sykurfrauð — sweet
  • Indonesian: gulali — sweet
  • Italian: zucchero filato — sweet
  • Italian: cotone dolce — sweet
  • Japanese: 綿菓子 (watagashi) — sweet
  • Japanese: 綿飴 (wataame) — sweet
  • Kannada: ಬೊಂಬಾಯಿ ಮಿಠಾಯಿ (bombāyi miṭhāyi) — sweet
  • Korean: 솜사탕 (somsatang) — sweet
  • Latvian: cukurvate — sweet
  • Lithuanian: cukraus vata — sweet
  • Luxembourgish: Zockerwatt — sweet
  • Macedonian: шеќерна волна (šeḱerna volna) — sweet
  • Malay: gula kapas — sweet
  • Malay: gulali — sweet
  • Malay: alusmitai — sweet
  • Malay: halwa rambut — sweet
  • Malayalam: പഞ്ഞി മിഠായി (paññi miṭhāyi) — sweet
  • Māori: wūru huka — sweet
  • Mauritian Creole: kalaminndas — sweet
  • Mongolian: хөөсөн чихэр (xöösön čixer) — sweet
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠭᠡᠰᠦᠨ ᠰᠢᠬᠢᠷ (kögesün sikir) — sweet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: candyfloss — sweet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sukkerspinn — sweet
  • Persian: پشمک (pašmak) — sweet
  • Polish: wata cukrowa — sweet
  • Portuguese: algodão-doce — sweet
  • Romanian: vată de zahăr — sweet
  • Russian: са́харная ва́та (sáxarnaja váta) — sweet
  • Samoan: fulufulu suka — sweet
  • Scottish Gaelic: clòimh mhilis — sweet
  • Serbo-Croatian: шећерна вуна — sweet
  • Serbo-Croatian: šećerna vuna — sweet
  • Slovak: cukrová vata — sweet
  • Slovene: sladkorna vata — sweet
  • Spanish: algodón de azúcar — sweet
  • Spanish: algodón sacarífero — sweet
  • Spanish: algodón sacarino — sweet
  • Spanish: algodón azucarero — sweet
  • Swedish: sockervadd — sweet
  • Swedish: spunnet socker — sweet
  • Tagalog: koton kendi — sweet
  • Tagalog: umikot asukal — sweet
  • Tamil: பஞ்சு மிட்டாய் (pañcu miṭṭāy) — sweet
  • Telugu: పీచుమిఠాయి (pīcumiṭhāyi) — sweet
  • Thai: สายไหม (sǎai-mǎi) — sweet
  • Turkish: pamuk şekeri — sweet
  • Turkish: pamuk helvası — sweet
  • Ukrainian: цукрова вата (cukrova vata) — sweet
  • Urdu: لچھا — sweet
  • Vietnamese: kẹo bông — sweet
  • Vietnamese: kẹo bông gòn — sweet
  • Welsh: siwgr nyddu — sweet