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sweetish

adj · 2 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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  • /ˈswiːtɪʃ/
  • homophone: Swedish (flapping)
  • rhymes with -iːtɪʃ

1

adj

Meaning 1

somewhat sweet (all senses)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

somewhat sweet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh2d- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *swéh2dus Proto-Germanic *swōtuz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *swōtī Old English swēte Middle English swete English sweet Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English sweetish From sweet + -ish.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: քաղցրավուն (kʻaġcʻravun) — somewhat sweet
  • Azerbaijani: şirinsov — somewhat sweet
  • Azerbaijani: şirintəhər — somewhat sweet
  • Azerbaijani: şirinhal — somewhat sweet
  • Belarusian: саладкава́ты (saladkaváty) — somewhat sweet
  • Bulgarian: сладникав (sladnikav) — somewhat sweet
  • Finnish: makeahko — somewhat sweet
  • French: douçâtre — somewhat sweet
  • French: douceâtre — somewhat sweet
  • German: süßlich — somewhat sweet
  • Hungarian: édeskés — somewhat sweet
  • Latin: dulciculus — somewhat sweet
  • Polish: słodkawy — somewhat sweet
  • Romanian: dulcișor — somewhat sweet
  • Romanian: dulciu — somewhat sweet
  • Romanian: dulceag — somewhat sweet
  • Russian: сладкова́тый (sladkovátyj) — somewhat sweet
  • Swedish: sötaktig — somewhat sweet
  • Ukrainian: солодкува́тий (solodkuvátyj) — somewhat sweet