Standard Lemma guide

toffee

noun · verb · 7 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɒfi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: täʹfē
  • US: /ˈtɔfi/
  • cot-caught-merger, US: /ˈtɑfi/
  • Scotland: /ˈtɔfe/
  • Scotland: /-fɪ/
  • Scotland: /-fi/
  • rhymes with -ɒfi
  • CMU ARPABET: T AA1 F IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A type of chewy confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A small, individual piece of toffee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any kind of sweets; candy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Northern-England, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Nonsense; rubbish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, slang, uncountable

Examples

  • What a load of old toffee!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A fan or member of Everton F.C..

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, informal

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To coat in toffee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brittle, toffy

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: candy, confect

Narrower terms: peanut brittle

History

Etymology

An alteration of taffy.

In reference to two toffee shops that were located in Everton village at the time the club was founded.

Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: karamele me gjalpë — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Albanian: sheqerkë — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Arabic: توفي (tōfi, tūfi) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Azerbaijani: iris — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Bengali: টফি (ṭophi) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Bulgarian: карамел лакта (karamel lakta) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Bulgarian: лакта (lakta) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Chinese Mandarin: 奶糖 (nǎi táng) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乳脂軟糖 /乳脂软糖 (rǔzhī ruǎntáng) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Czech: karamela — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Danish: flødekaramel — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Dutch: toffee — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Finnish: toffee — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • French: caramel — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • German: Toffee — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • German: Karamelle — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Gujarati: ટોફી (ṭophī) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Hindi: टॉफ़ी (ṭŏfī) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Hindi: टॉफी (ṭŏphī) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Irish: taifí — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Italian: caramella mou — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Japanese: タフィー (tafī) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Japanese: ファッジ (fajji) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Kannada: ಟಾಫೀ (ṭāphī) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Malay: gula-gula — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Māori: towhi — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Māori: tawhe — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Māori: tawhi — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Marathi: टॉफी (ṭŏphī) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Norwegian Bokmål: karamell — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: karamell — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Persian: تافی (tâfi) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Polish: toffi — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Portuguese: caramelo — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Romanian: caramelă — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Russian: ири́с (irís) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Serbo-Croatian: karamela — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Spanish: caramelo — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Swedish: kola — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Swedish: gräddkola — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Tagalog: topi — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Tamil: மூலம் வரும் இனிப்பு வகை (mūlam varum iṉippu vakai) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Telugu: చేసిన మిఠాయి (cēsina miṭhāyi) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Thai: ทอฟฟี (tɔ́p-fîi) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Turkish: şekerleme — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Ukrainian: іри́с (irýs) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Uzbek: iris qand — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Vietnamese: kẹo bơ cứng — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Welsh: cyflaith — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Welsh: taffi — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Welsh: toffi — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Yiddish: איריס (iris) — uncountable: type of confectionery
  • Bulgarian: бонбон лакта (bonbon lakta) — countable: individual piece of toffee
  • Danish: flødekaramel — countable: individual piece of toffee
  • Finnish: toffee — countable: individual piece of toffee
  • French: caramel — countable: individual piece of toffee
  • Hindi: टॉफ़ी (ṭŏfī) — countable: individual piece of toffee
  • Hindi: टॉफी (ṭŏphī) — countable: individual piece of toffee
  • Marathi: टॉफी (ṭŏphī) — countable: individual piece of toffee
  • Norwegian Bokmål: karamell — countable: individual piece of toffee
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: karamell — countable: individual piece of toffee
  • Russian: ири́ска (iríska) — countable: individual piece of toffee
  • Swedish: kola — countable: individual piece of toffee
  • Swedish: karamell — countable: individual piece of toffee
  • Thai: ทอฟฟี (tɔ́p-fîi) — countable: individual piece of toffee
  • Yiddish: איריסקע (iriske) — countable: individual piece of toffee
  • Yiddish: איריס (iris) — countable: individual piece of toffee