noun
Meaning 1
Water sweetened with sugar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
sugar water
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noun
Meaning 2
water sweetened with sugar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drinking water
History
Etymology
From Middle English sewgyr water, sugour water, water of zuccare.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 糖水 (tángshuǐ) — water sweetened with sugar
- Danish: sukkervand — water sweetened with sugar
- Dutch: suikerwater — water sweetened with sugar
- Finnish: sokerivesi — water sweetened with sugar
- Galician: almibre — water sweetened with sugar
- Galician: churume — water sweetened with sugar
- Galician: chirume — water sweetened with sugar
- Hebrew: מי סוכר — water sweetened with sugar
- Indonesian: air gula — water sweetened with sugar
- Japanese: 砂糖水 (satōmizu) — water sweetened with sugar
- Spanish: almíbar — water sweetened with sugar
- Swedish: sockervatten — water sweetened with sugar