sweetness

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English

Etymology

sweet +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

• enPR: swēt'nəs, IPA: /ˈswiːtnəs/, X-SAMPA: /"swi:tn@s/

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Noun

sweetness (uncountable)

1. The condition of being sweet or sugary.
2. A pleasant disposition; kindness.

   Ruth's overwhelming sweetness made Robert forget about his hopelessly low school grades.

Translations

condition of being sweet or sugary

• Afrikaans: soetheid (af)
• Albanian: ëmbëlsi (sq) f
• Aromanian: dultseatsã (rup) f
• Asturian: dulzura (ast) f
• Azeri: şirinlik (az)
• Catalan: dolçor (ca) f
• Czech: sladkost (cs) f
• Danish: sødme (da) c
• Dutch: zoetheid (nl) f
• Finnish: makeus (fi)
• Galician: dozura (gl) f
• German: Süßigkeit (de) f
• Hungarian: édesség (hu)

• Icelandic: sætleik (is) f
• Italian: dolcezza (it) f
• Latin: dulcēdō (la) f, dulcitās (la) f, dulcitūdō (la) f, dulcor (la) m, mellinia (la) f, suāvitās (la) f
• Polish: słodycz (pl) f
• Portuguese: doçura (pt) f
• Romanian: dulceață (ro)
• Spanish: dulzura (es) f
• Swedish: sötma (sv) c
• Turkish: tatlılık (tr)
• Welsh: melyster (cy) m

pleasant disposition

• Afrikaans: soetheid (af)
• Albanian: ëmbëlsi (sq) f
• Azeri: şirinlik (az)
• Catalan: dolçor (ca) f
• Danish: sødme (da) c
• Dutch: zoetheid (nl) f
• Finnish: herttaisuus (fi)
• Galician: dozura (gl) f

• German: Süßigkeit (de) f
• Hungarian: kedvesség (hu)
• Icelandic: sætleik (is) f
• Italian: dolcezza (it) f
• Polish: słodycz (pl) f
• Portuguese: doçura (pt) f
• Romanian: dulceață (ro)
• Turkish: tatlılık (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• German: Süße f
• Scottish Gaelic: mìlseachd f