candy

See also: Candy

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: kăn'di, , Template:SAMPA

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Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) sucre candi, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic (deprecated template usage) قندي (qandi), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian (deprecated template usage) قند (qand)

perhaps originally from Template:proto; compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Tamil (deprecated template usage) கண்டு (kaṇṭu).

perhaps originally from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit (deprecated template usage) खुड् (khaṇḍ-)

Noun

candy (plural candies or -)

1. Template:uncountable Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
2. Template:countable A piece of candy.

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
• candy ass
• candy cane
• candy floss

• candy man
• candy stripe
• candy striper
• cotton candy
• ear candy

• eye candy
• hard candy
• like a kid in a candy store
• like taking candy from a baby
• nose candy

• rock candy
• sugar candy

Translations

confection — see confectionery

piece of candy

• Afrikaans:
• Bulgarian: бонбон m (bonbon)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 糖果 (tángguǒ)

• Crimean Tatar: qanfet
• Czech: sladkost f
• Danish: slik (da)
• Dutch: snoep (nl)
• Estonian: komm, kompvek
• Finnish: karkki (fi)
• French: bonbon (fr) m, sucrerie f
• German: Bonbon m or n
• Greek: ζαχαρωτό (el) n (zacharotó), (obsolete) κανδιοσάκχαρον n (kandiosákcharon), γλυκά (el) n or pl (glyká)
• Hebrew: סוכריה (sukari'a) Template:f
• Ido: bonbono
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: caramella f
• Japanese: (literally) キャンデー (kyandi)
• Korean: 사탕 (ko) (satang)
• Kurdish: Template:ku-Arab
• Latvian:
• Luxembourgish: Kamell f
• Maricopa: ʼayuu mnyee
• Norwegian: godteri n or pl
• O'odham: lulsi
• Portuguese: rebuçado m (Portugal), bombom m (Portugal), bala f (Brazil)
• Russian: конфета (ru) f (konfeta)
• Sotho:
• Spanish: caramelo m, dulce m
• Swedish: godis (sv) n (uncountable), karamell c
• Vietnamese:
• Zazaki: Template:tø

Verb

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

1. Template:cooking To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.

Translations

to cook, or coat with sugar or syrup

• Bulgarian: захаросвам (zaharosvam)
• Finnish: kandeerata
• French: candir, confire
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: kandieren
• Hungarian: kandíroz
• Swedish: kandera

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Marathi (deprecated template usage) खंडी (khaṇḍī), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit (deprecated template usage) खण्डन (khaṇḍam) from root (deprecated template usage) खुड् (khaṇḍ).

Alternative forms

• candee

Noun

candy (plural candies)

1. Template: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:
• Portuguese: candil m
• Sanskrit:
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Tamil: ,
• Telugu: ఖండి (khaṇḍi), పుట్టి (puṭṭi)

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