sweeten

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• /ˈswiːtən/
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• CMU ARPABET: S W IY1 T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From sweet + -en. Eclipsed non-native Middle English doucen and endoucen, borrowed from Old French adoucir and endoucir (“to sweeten”).

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ëmbëlsi — to make sweet to the taste
• Gheg Albanian: amelzoj — to make sweet to the taste
• Aromanian: ndultsescu — to make sweet to the taste
• Aromanian: ãndultsescu — to make sweet to the taste
• Bulgarian: подслаждам (podslaždam) — to make sweet to the taste
• Catalan: endolcir — to make sweet to the taste
• Chinese Mandarin: 加甜 (jiātián) — to make sweet to the taste
• Czech: sladit — to make sweet to the taste
• Danish: søde — to make sweet to the taste
• Danish: forsøde — to make sweet to the taste
• Dutch: zoeten — to make sweet to the taste
• Esperanto: dolĉigi — to make sweet to the taste
• Estonian: magustama — to make sweet to the taste
• Finnish: makeuttaa — to make sweet to the taste
• French: adoucir — to make sweet to the taste
• French: sucrer — to make sweet to the taste
• French: édulcorer — to make sweet to the taste
• French: dulcifier — to make sweet to the taste
• Galician: adozar — to make sweet to the taste
• Gallurese: indulcí — to make sweet to the taste
• German: süßen — to make sweet to the taste
• Ancient Greek: γλυκαίνω (glukaínō) — to make sweet to the taste
• Hungarian: édesít — to make sweet to the taste
• Indonesian: mempermanis — to make sweet to the taste
• Indonesian: memaniskan — to make sweet to the taste
• Irish: milsigh — to make sweet to the taste
• Italian: addolcire — to make sweet to the taste
• Italian: zuccherare — to make sweet to the taste
• Korean: 달게 하다 — to make sweet to the taste
• Latin: condulcō — to make sweet to the taste
• Latin: dulcificō — to make sweet to the taste
• Latin: dulcō — to make sweet to the taste
• Latin: dulcōrō — to make sweet to the taste
• Latvian: saldināt — to make sweet to the taste
• Luxembourgish: séissen — to make sweet to the taste
• Macedonian: засладува (zasladuva) — to make sweet to the taste
• Māori: whakareka — to make sweet to the taste
• Norman: adouochi — to make sweet to the taste
• Old English: swētan — to make sweet to the taste
• Polish: słodzić — to make sweet to the taste
• Portuguese: adoçar — to make sweet to the taste
• Portuguese: adocicar — to make sweet to the taste
• Quechua: misk'ichay — to make sweet to the taste
• Romanian: îndulci — to make sweet to the taste
• Russian: подсла́щивать (podsláščivatʹ) — to make sweet to the taste
• Russian: подслаща́ть (podslaščátʹ) — to make sweet to the taste
• Russian: сласти́ть (slastítʹ) — to make sweet to the taste
• Russian: подсласти́ть (podslastítʹ) — to make sweet to the taste
• Campidanese Sardinian: indurciai — to make sweet to the taste
• Sardinian: indulchire — to make sweet to the taste
• Sassarese: indutzà — to make sweet to the taste
• Sicilian: nnùciri — to make sweet to the taste
• Spanish: edulcorar — to make sweet to the taste
• Spanish: endulzar — to make sweet to the taste
• Spanish: adulciguar — to make sweet to the taste
• Spanish: dulcificar — to make sweet to the taste
• Spanish: endulcecer — to make sweet to the taste
• Spanish: adulcir — to make sweet to the taste
• Swedish: söta — to make sweet to the taste
• Ukrainian: підсоло́джувати (pidsolódžuvaty) — to make sweet to the taste
• Ukrainian: підсолоди́ти (pidsolodýty) — to make sweet to the taste
• Albanian: ëmbëlson — to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations
• Bulgarian: смекчавам (smekčavam) — to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations
• German: versüßen — to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations
• Sicilian: nnùciri — to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations
• Spanish: hacer más atrayente — to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations
• Spanish: hacer más atractivo — to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations
• Spanish: salpimentar — to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations
• Spanish: asainetear — to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations
• Spanish: amenizar — to make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations
• Albanian: ëmbëlsuar — to become sweet
• German: süß werden — to become sweet
• Hungarian: édesedik — to become sweet
• Hungarian: édesül — to become sweet
• Sicilian: nnuciri — to become sweet
• Ukrainian: соло́дшати (solódšaty) — to become sweet
• Ukrainian: посоло́дшати (posolódšaty) — to become sweet