Standard Lemma guide

confectionary

adj · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N F EH1 K SH AH0 N EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • confectionary wares

Meaning relationships

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Prepared as a confection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Dated form of confectionery (“a confectioner's shop”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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6

noun

Meaning 6

One who makes confections; a confectioner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

  • He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. -- 1 Samuel viii. 13.

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7

noun

Meaning 7

Archaic form of confectionery (“candy, sweets, taken collectively”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, archaic, uncountable

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8

noun

Meaning 8

a confectioner's shop

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: confectionery, candy store

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shop, store

Narrower terms: tuck shop

History

Etymology

From Late Latin cōnfectiōnārius (“one who prepares things by means of ingredients”), from Latin cōnfectiō (“preparing, producing”). See confection.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: qənnadı — relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production
  • Belarusian: канды́тарскі (kandýtarski) — relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production
  • Russian: конди́терский (kondíterskij) — relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production
  • Ukrainian: конди́терський (kondýtersʹkyj) — relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production
  • Catalan: llaminadura — candies, confection
  • Catalan: llaminadures — candies, confection
  • Catalan: llepolia — candies, confection
  • Esperanto: dolĉaĵo — candies, confection
  • Esperanto: dolĉaĵoj — candies, confection
  • Esperanto: sukeraĵo — candies, confection
  • Spanish: confites — candies, confection
  • Spanish: confitería — candies, confection
  • Swahili: kitamutamu — candies, confection