sweet tooth

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Noun

sweet tooth (plural sweet tooths)

1. (idiomatic, only in singular) A liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets.

   He eats a healthy diet most of the time, but has a sweet tooth when it comes to candy.

2. (idiomatic, countable) Someone with a liking for sweet foods.
3. The edible fungus Hydnum repandum.

Coordinate terms

• spicy tooth
• sour tooth
• salty tooth

Translations

a liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets

• Dutch: voorliefde voor zoet f
• Finnish: karkkihammas
• French: bec sucré (fr) m
• Hungarian: édesszájú (hu)
• Scottish Gaelic: corrag mhilis f (literally “sweet finger”), smealas m
• Welsh: dant melys m

someone with a liking for sweet foods

• Catalan: llaminer (ca) m, llépol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愛吃甜食／爱吃甜食 (ài chī tiánshí)

• Dutch: liefhebber van zoet m or f, zoetekauw (nl) m
• Erzya: тантюкш (tanťukš)
• Finnish: perso makealle (adjective)
• French: bec sucré (fr) m
• Galician: larpeiro (gl) m, lambón (gl) m
• German: Naschkatze (de) f, Schlecker (de) m, Schleckerin f
• Greek: γλυκατζής (el) m (glykatzís), γλυκατζού f (glykatzoú)
• Hungarian: édesszájú (hu)
• Icelandic: nammigrís, sælgætisgrís m
• Japanese: 甘党 (ja) (あまとう, amatō)
• Old Ruthenian: цꙋкролю́бецъ (cukroljúbecʹ), сладколю́бецъ (sladkoljúbecʹ)
• Portuguese: formiguinha f
• Russian: сладкое́жка (ru) m or f (sladkojéžka), сластёна m or f (slastjóna)

Hydnum repandum

• Finnish: vaaleaorakas
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: piggsopp (no) m