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sweet-and-sour

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having both sweet and sour or tart taste.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Having both positive and negative traits, or inspiring conflicting good and bad feelings.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Any dish that combines sweet and sour flavours, especially

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 4

Any dish that combines sweet and sour flavours, especially:

A Chinese-style dish with sweet-and-sour sauce.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 5

Any dish that combines sweet and sour flavours, especially:

Candy with a sour taste, often dusted with fizzy sherbet.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 6

Any dish that combines sweet and sour flavours, especially:

A sweetened sour pickle, or a combination of sweet and sour pickles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Burmese: ချိုချဉ် (hkyuihkyany) — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Chinese Cantonese: 甜酸 (tim4 syun1) — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酸甜 (suāntián) — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Chinese Mandarin: 糖醋 (tángcù) — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Chinese Mandarin: 甜酸 (tiánsuān) — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Czech: sladkokyselý — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Dutch: zoetzuur — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Finnish: hapanimelä — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Galician: agridoce — combined sweet and sour taste
  • German: süßsauer — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Ancient Greek: ὀξύγλυκυς (oxúglukus) — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Hebrew: חמוץ מתוק (khamúts matók) — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Hindi: खटमिट्ठा (khaṭmiṭṭhā) — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Indonesian: asam manis — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Indonesian: koloke — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Indonesian: keluyuk — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Persian: ملس (malas) — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Portuguese: agridoce — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Russian: ки́сло-сла́дкий (kíslo-sládkij) — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Spanish: agridulce — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Swedish: sötsur — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Tagalog: agridulse — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Turkish: mayhoş — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Ottoman Turkish: مایخوش (mayhoş) — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Ukrainian: ки́сло-соло́дкий (kýslo-solódkyj) — combined sweet and sour taste
  • Ukrainian: ви́нний (výnnyj) — combined sweet and sour taste