noun
Meaning 1
plural of sweet
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
sweets
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
Confectionery, candy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 3
Drugs, amphetamine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only, slang
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noun
Meaning 4
Sweet-scented flowers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 5
A term of endearment; sweetheart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I miss you, sweets.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
third-person singular simple present indicative of sweet
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
77 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: حَلْوَيَات (ḥalwayāt) — confectionery, candy
- Armenian: քաղցրավենիք (kʻaġcʻravenikʻ) — confectionery, candy
- Bashkir: кәнфит (kənfit) — confectionery, candy
- Belarusian: прысмакі (prysmaki) — confectionery, candy
- Bulgarian: бонбон (bonbon) — confectionery, candy
- Catalan: caramels — confectionery, candy
- Catalan: llaminadures — confectionery, candy
- Catalan: dulces — confectionery, candy
- Chinese Mandarin: 糖果 (tángguǒ) — confectionery, candy
- Chinese Mandarin: 糖食 (tángshí) — confectionery, candy
- Chinese Mandarin: 甜食 (tiánshí) — confectionery, candy
- Dutch: snoep — confectionery, candy
- Dutch: snoepgoed — confectionery, candy
- Finnish: makeinen — confectionery, candy
- French: confection — confectionery, candy
- French: bonbons — confectionery, candy
- West-Frisian: snobberij — confectionery, candy
- Galician: larpeirada — confectionery, candy
- Galician: lambonada — confectionery, candy
- Galician: lambada — confectionery, candy
- Galician: lambuxa — confectionery, candy
- Galician: canterlo — confectionery, candy
- Galician: meiloada — confectionery, candy
- Galician: ratada — confectionery, candy
- Galician: zugueira — confectionery, candy
- Galician: gotroñada — confectionery, candy
- Galician: golifada — confectionery, candy
- Galician: gaimola — confectionery, candy
- Galician: langoñada — confectionery, candy
- Galician: piperete — confectionery, candy
- Georgian: ტკბილეული (ṭḳbileuli) — confectionery, candy
- German: Süßigkeiten — confectionery, candy
- German: Bonbons — confectionery, candy
- German: Schleckzeug — confectionery, candy
- Greek: γλυκά (glyká) — confectionery, candy
- Hindi: कैंडी (kaiṇḍī) — confectionery, candy
- Hungarian: édesség — confectionery, candy
- Irish: milseáin — confectionery, candy
- Italian: dolci — confectionery, candy
- Japanese: お菓子 (okashi) — confectionery, candy
- Central Kurdish: شیرینی (şîrînî) — confectionery, candy
- Latin: cuppēdia — confectionery, candy
- Latin: bellāria — confectionery, candy
- Malay: gula-gula — confectionery, candy
- Mongolian: амттан (amttan) — confectionery, candy
- Norwegian Bokmål: godteri — confectionery, candy
- Norwegian Bokmål: snop — confectionery, candy
- Norwegian Nynorsk: godteri — confectionery, candy
- Norwegian Nynorsk: snop — confectionery, candy
- Pashto: کینډی — confectionery, candy
- Polish: słodycze — confectionery, candy
- Polish: cukierki — confectionery, candy
- Polish: konfiety — confectionery, candy
- Polish: karmele — confectionery, candy
- Polish: karmelki — confectionery, candy
- Portuguese: doces — confectionery, candy
- Romanian: dulciuri — confectionery, candy
- Russian: сла́дости (sládosti) — confectionery, candy
- Russian: конфе́ты (konféty) — confectionery, candy
- Russian: конди́терские изде́лия (kondíterskije izdélija) — confectionery, candy
- Russian: сла́сти (slásti) — confectionery, candy
- Scottish Gaelic: suiteas — confectionery, candy
- Serbo-Croatian: bomboni — confectionery, candy
- Sotho: dipompong — confectionery, candy
- Spanish: caramelos — confectionery, candy
- Spanish: chucherías — confectionery, candy
- Spanish: dulces — confectionery, candy
- Swahili: pipi — confectionery, candy
- Swahili: lawalawa — confectionery, candy
- Swahili: peremende — confectionery, candy
- Swedish: godis — confectionery, candy
- Thai: ขนม (kà-nǒm) — confectionery, candy
- Thai: ขนมหวาน (kà-nǒm-wǎan) — confectionery, candy
- Thai: ของหวาน (kɔ̌ɔng-wǎan) — confectionery, candy
- Uzbek: konfet — confectionery, candy
- Welsh: candi — confectionery, candy
- Welsh: losin — confectionery, candy
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