noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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noun
Meaning 1
A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
someone who makes candies and other sweets
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: candymaker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: maker, shaper
Narrower terms: Hershey, Milton Snavely Hershey
History
Etymology
From confection (verb) + -er.
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
حَلْوَانِيّ
(ḥalwāniyy)
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Armenian:
հրուշակագործ
(hrušakagorc)
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Bengali:
হালুইকর
(haluikor)
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Bulgarian:
сладка́р
(sladkár)
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Catalan:
confiter
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Catalan:
confitera
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Chinese Mandarin:
糖果製造商 /糖果制造商
(tángguǒ zhìzàoshāng)
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Chinese Mandarin:
甜食商
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Czech:
cukrář
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Czech:
cukrářka
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Danish:
konditor
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Dutch:
suikerbakker
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Dutch:
banketbakker
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Dutch:
koekenbakker
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Dutch:
taartenbakker
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Estonian:
kondiiter
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Finnish:
kondiittori
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Finnish:
sokerileipuri
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
French:
confiseur
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
French:
confiseuse
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
German:
Konditor
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
German:
Konditorin
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
German:
Zuckerbäcker
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
German:
Zuckerbäckerin
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Greek:
ζαχαροπλάστης
(zacharoplástis)
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Greek:
ζαχαροπλάστρια
(zacharoplástria)
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Hungarian:
cukrász
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Hungarian:
cukrásznő
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Irish:
milsíneoir
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Kalmyk:
шикрч
(şikrç)
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Kyrgyz:
шекерчи
(şekerci)
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Latin:
crustulārius
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Latin:
crustulāria
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Latin:
cuppēdinārius
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Latin:
cuppēdināria
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Latin:
dulciārius
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Latin:
dulciāria
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Latin:
panchrestārius
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Latin:
panchrestāria
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Macedonian:
слаткар
(slatkar)
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Macedonian:
слаткарка
(slatkarka)
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Norwegian Bokmål:
konditor
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Norwegian Nynorsk:
konditor
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Persian:
قَنَّاد
(qannâd)
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Polish:
cukiernik
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Polish:
cukierniczka
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Portuguese:
confeiteiro
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Portuguese:
confeiteira
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Romanian:
cofetar
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Romanian:
cofetăreasă
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Russian:
кондитер
(konditer)
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Serbo-Croatian:
посластичар
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Serbo-Croatian:
сластичар
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Serbo-Croatian:
сладичар
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Serbo-Croatian:
цукербекер
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Serbo-Croatian:
poslastičar
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Serbo-Croatian:
slastičar
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Serbo-Croatian:
sladičar
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Serbo-Croatian:
cukerbeker
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Spanish:
pastelero
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Spanish:
pastelera
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Spanish:
confitero
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Spanish:
confitera
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Spanish:
dulcero
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Spanish:
dulcera
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Swedish:
konditor
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Swedish:
sockerbagare
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Turkish:
şekerci
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Ottoman Turkish:
شكرجی
(şekerci)
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Ottoman Turkish:
حلواجی
(helvacı)
— manufacturer of or dealer in confections
