confection

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• /kənˈfɛkʃən/
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From Middle English confescioun, borrowed from Old French confeccion (French confection), borrowed from Latin cōnfectiōnem, from confectus, past participle of conficere (“prepare”), from com- (“with”) + facere (“to make, do”). Originally "the making by means of ingredients"; sense of "candy or light pastry" predominant since 1500s.

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: suikergoed — food item
• Albanian: ëmbëlsirë — food item
• Arabic: حَلْوَى (ḥalwā) — food item
• Bulgarian: сладкиш (sladkiš) — food item
• Bulgarian: бонбон (bonbon) — food item
• Chinese Mandarin: 糖果 (tángguǒ) — food item
• Chinese Mandarin: 蜜餞 /蜜饯 (mìjiàn) — food item
• Chinese Mandarin: 糖食 (tángshí) — food item
• Danish: godbid — food item
• Dutch: suikergoed — food item
• Esperanto: sukeraĵo — food item
• Finnish: makeat herkut — food item
• Finnish: makeinen — food item
• Finnish: leivos — food item
• Finnish: kakku — food item
• French: sucrerie — food item
• French: confiserie — food item
• French: friandise — food item
• French: pâtisserie — food item
• French: bonbon — food item
• Galician: doce — food item
• Georgian: ტკბილეულობა (ṭḳbileuloba) — food item
• German: Konfekt — food item
• German: Bonbon — food item
• Greek: γλύκισμα (glýkisma) — food item
• Ancient Greek: γλύκυσμα (glúkusma) — food item
• Hungarian: édesség — food item
• Indonesian: olahan gula — food item
• Irish: milseog — food item
• Irish: sólas — food item
• Irish: sócamas — food item
• Italian: dolce — food item
• Italian: pasticcino — food item
• Japanese: お菓子 (okashi) — food item
• Japanese: コンフェクション (konfekushon) — food item
• Korean: 과자 (gwaja) — food item
• Malay: gula-gula — food item
• Malay: کونفيکسي (konfeksi) — food item
• Norwegian: konfekt — food item
• Polish: słodycze — food item
• Portuguese: confeito — food item
• Russian: сла́дости (sládosti) — food item
• Russian: конфе́ты (konféty) — food item
• Russian: конди́терские изде́лия (kondíterskije izdélija) — food item
• Russian: сла́сти (slásti) — food item
• Sanskrit: गौड (gauḍa) — food item
• Spanish: golosina — food item
• Spanish: dulce — food item
• Spanish: confite — food item
• Swedish: konfekt — food item
• Swedish: sötsak — food item
• Tagalog: matamis — food item
• Turkish: şekerleme — food item
• Turkish: konfeksiyon — food item
• Ottoman Turkish: حلوا (helva) — food item