sugar

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French çucre, from Medieval Latin zuccarum, from Old Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكّر (súkkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar, originally meaning grit, gravel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh- (“gravel, boulder”), akin to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”).

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sugar (countable and uncountable; plural sugars)

  1. (uncountable) Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.
  2. (countable) When used to sweeten drink, an amount of such crystalline sucrose approximately equal to five grams or one teaspoon.
    He usually has his coffee white with one sugar.
  3. (countable, chemistry) Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.
  4. (countable) A generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc.
  5. (countable) A term of endearment.
    I'll be with you in a moment, sugar.
  6. (countable, slang) A kiss.
  7. (chiefly southern US, slang, uncountable) Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.
    I think John has a little bit of sugar in him.
  8. (uncountable, informal) Diabetes.

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terms derived from the noun sugar

[edit] Translations

sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink
any of a series of carbohydrates used by organisms to store energy
generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc
term of endearment
slang: a kiss
slang: effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality
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[edit] Verb

sugar (third-person singular simple present sugars, present participle sugaring, simple past and past participle sugared)

  1. (transitive) To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.
    John heavily sugars his coffee.
  2. (transitive) To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.
    She has a gift for sugaring what would otherwise be harsh words.

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Terms derived from the verb sugar

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to add sugar to, to sweeten
to make something seem less unpleasant

[edit] Interjection

sugar

  1. (informal, euphemistic) Used in place of shit!
    Oh, sugar!

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used in place of shit!

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[edit] Basque

[edit] Etymology

From su + gar.

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sugar

  1. flame

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sūgar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of sūgō

[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sucāre, from Latin sugere, present active infinitive of sugō.

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sugar (present participle sugando)

  1. to suck

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  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb sugar
Notes:
  • This is a regular verb of the -ar group.
  • The last letter g is changed to gu, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these three possible sequences: -ga-, -gue- and -go-.
  • Verbs with this conjugation include: apagar, cegar, esmagar, largar, navegar, resmungar, sugar.
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele/ela/você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles/elas/vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal sugar
Personal sugar sugares sugar sugarmos sugardes sugarem
Present participle
sugando
Past participle
Masculine sugado sugados
Feminine sugada sugadas
Indicative
Present sugo sugas suga sugamos sugais sugam
Imperfect sugava sugavas sugava sugávamos sugáveis sugavam
Preterite suguei sugaste sugou sugamos
sugámos		 sugastes sugaram
Pluperfect sugara sugaras sugara sugáramos sugáreis sugaram
Future sugarei sugarás sugará sugaremos sugareis sugarão
Conditional sugaria sugarias sugaria sugaríamos sugaríeis sugariam
Subjunctive
Present sugue sugues sugue suguemos sugueis suguem
Imperfect sugasse sugasses sugasse sugássemos sugásseis sugassem
Future sugar sugares sugar sugarmos sugardes sugarem
Imperative
Affirmative sugue suga sugue suguemos sugai suguem
Negative (não) sugue sugues sugue suguemos sugueis suguem

[edit] Venetian

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Compare Italian asciugare

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sugar (transitive)

  1. To wipe or dry

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    Conjugation of sugar ( 1st conjugation -car or -gar)
infinitive sugar
auxiliary verb aver gerund sugando
past participle sugà NB: clitic pronouns (bold) are obligatory
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative mi ti te eło el / eła ła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri i / łore łe
present sugo sughi suga sughemo, sugòn sughé suga
imperfect sugava sugavi sugava sugàvimo sugavi sugava
future sugarò sugarè sugarà sugarémo sugarè sugarà
conditional mi ti te eło el / eła ła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri i / łore łe
present sugarìa sugarisi sugarìa sugarìsimo sugarisi sugarìa
subjunctive che mi che ti te che eło el / eła ła che noialtri / noialtre che voialtri / noialtre che łuri i / łore łe
present sughe, suga sughi sughe, suga sughemo, sugone sughé sughe, suga
imperfect sugase sugasi sugase sugàsimo sugasi sugase
imperative - ti te eło el / eła ła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri i / łore łe
suga suga, sughe sughemo sughé suga, sughe
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