candy

See also Candy

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: kăn'di, IPA: /ˈkændi/, SAMPA: /"k{ndi/

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• Rhymes: -ændi

Etymology 1

From Old French sucre candi, from Arabic قندي (qandi, “candied”), from Persian قند (qand, “hard candy made by boiling cane sugar”)

perhaps originally from Proto-Dravidian *kaṇṭu; compare Tamil கண்டு (kantu, “hard candy”).

perhaps originally from Sanskrit खुड् (khaṇḍ-, “to divide, break into pieces”)

Noun

candy (countable and uncountable; plural candies)

1. (uncountable, chiefly US) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
   • 1991, Brayfield, Celia, The Prince:

     They came down to buy sugar, flour, saltfish or candy from Nana, to collect letters and exchange gossip.

2. (countable, chiefly US) A piece of candy.
   • 1991, Ann Granger, A Season for Murder:

Synonyms

• (confection): confectionery, sweets (British), lollies (Australian), sugar candy (US)
• (piece of candy): sweet (British), lolly (Australian)

Derived terms

terms derived from candy

arm candy bee candy brain candy candy ass candy cane

candy floss candy man candy store candy stripe candy striper

cotton candy ear candy eye candy hard candy like taking candy from a baby

nose candy rock candy sugar candy

Translations

confection — see confectionery

piece of candy

Afrikaans: lekkergoed (af) Bulgarian: бонбон (bg) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 糖果 (cmn) (tángguǒ) Crimean Tatar: qanfet Czech: sladkost (cs) f. Danish: slik (da) Dutch: snoep (nl) Esperanto: dolĉaĵo (eo), sukeraĵo (eo) Estonian: komm, kompvek Finnish: karkki (fi) French: bonbon (fr) m., sucrerie (fr) f. German: Bonbon (de) m. and n. Greek: ζαχαρωτό (el) (zacharotó) n., (obsolete) κανδιοσάκχαρον (el) (kandiosakcharon) n., γλυκά (el) (glyká) n. pl. Hebrew: סוכריה (sukari'a) f. Ido: bonbono Italian: caramella (it) f.

Japanese: (literally) キャンデー (ja) (kyandi) Korean: 사탕 (ko) (satang) Kurdish: نوقڵ Latvian: saldums (lv) Luxembourgish: Kamell (lb) f. Maricopa: ʼayuu mnyee Navajo: ałkʼésdisí Norwegian: godteri (no) n. pl. O'odham: lulsi Portuguese: rebuçado (pt) m. (Portugal), bombom (pt) m. (Portugal), bala (pt) f. (Brazil), confeito (pt) Russian: конфета (ru) f. Sotho: pompong (st) Spanish: caramelo (es) m., dulce (es) m. Swedish: godis (sv) n. (uncountable), karamell (sv) c. Tagalog: kendi (tl) Vietnamese: kẹo (vi) Zazaki: qende f.

Verb

candy (third-person singular simple present candies, present participle candying, simple past and past participle candied)

1. (cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.

Translations

to cook, or coat with sugar or syrup

Bulgarian: захаросвам (bg) Finnish: kandeerata (fi) French: candir (fr), confire (fr)

German: kandieren (de) Hungarian: kandíroz (hu) Swedish: kandera (sv)

Etymology 2

Wikipedia

From Marathi खंडी (khaṇḍī), from Sanskrit खण्डन (khaṇḍam) from root खुड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”).

Alternative forms

• candee

Noun

candy (plural candies)

1. (obsolete) a unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.

Synonyms

• maunee

Translations

unit of mass

Marathi: खंडी (mr) (khaṇḍī) f. Portuguese: candil (pt) m. Sanskrit: खण्डन (sa) (khaṇḍan)

Tamil: கண்டி (ta) (kṇṭi), பாரம் (ta) (pāram) Telugu: ఖండి (te) (kaṇḍi), పుట్టి (te) (puṭṭi)

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