bittersweet

English

Etymology

bitter +‎ sweet.

Adjective

bittersweet (comparative more bittersweet, superlative most bittersweet)

1. Both bitter and sweet.
2. Expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure.

   The break-up was very bittersweet; they both hurt to end it, but were glad it was over.

Translations

both bitter and sweet

• Dutch: bitterzoet (nl)
• Finnish: katkeranmakea (fi)
• French: doux-amer (fr), aigre-doux (fr)
• German: bittersüß (de)
• Greek: γλυκόπικρος (el) (glykópikros) f
• Icelandic: ljúfsár (is) m
• Italian: agrodolce (it)

• Japanese: ほろ苦い (ja)
• Macedonian: горко-сладок (mk) (górko-sládok) m
• Portuguese: agridoce (pt)
• Russian: горько-сладкий (ru) (gorʹko-sladkij)
• Serbo-Croatian: gorkosladak (sh)
• Spanish: agridulce (es)

expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure

• Dutch: bitterzoet (nl)
• Finnish: katkeransuloinen (fi)
• French: mi-figue mi-raisin (fr) n, doux-amer (fr)
• Greek: γλυκόπικρος (el) (glykópikros) m

• Icelandic: ljúfsár (is) m
• Macedonian: горко-сладок (mk) (górko-sládok) m
• Serbo-Croatian: gorkosladak (sh)
• Spanish: agridulce (es)

Noun

Wikipedia

Wikispecies

Wikispecies bittersweet (plural bittersweets)

1. A vine, of the genus Celastrus, having small orange fruits that open to reveal red seeds.
2. The bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara.
3. A variety of apple with a bittersweet taste.

Translations

a vine, of the genus Celastrus

• Bulgarian: кучешко грозде (bg) (kučeško grozde)
• Finnish: kelasköynnös (fi)

• Serbo-Croatian: paskvica (sh), gorkoslad (sh)

the bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara

• Catalan: dolçamara (ca) f
• Finnish: punakoiso (fi)
• German: Bittersüß (de) m, Bittersüßer Nachtschatten (de) m

• Greek: στρύχνος (el) (strýchnos) m
• Jèrriais: amièrdoux m, douoche-améthe f, mèrdou m