candy cane

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkændi ˌkeɪn/

Noun

candy cane (plural candy canes)

1. (US, Canada) An edible candy in the shape of a cane or staff, generally consumed during Christmas time and usually having a peppermint flavor.

   Synonyms: peppermint stick, Santa's cane, sugar cane

Translations

candy in the shape of a cane

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} حَلْوَى قَصَبٍ m (ḥalwā qaṣabin)
• Armenian: կարամելային ձեռնափայտ (karamelayin jeṙnapʻayt)
• Catalan: bastó de caramel m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拐杖糖 (guǎizhàng táng)

• Dutch: zuurstok (nl) m
• Estonian: pulgakomm
• Finnish: piparminttukaramelli, tikkunekku (fi)
• French: sucre d’orge (fr) m, (Quebec) canne de bonbon (fr) f, (Quebec) canne de Noël f
• German: Zuckerstange (de) f
• Hebrew: מַקֵּל סַבָּא m (makél sába)
• Hungarian: karácsonyi nyalóka
• Indonesian: permen tongkat
• Irish: maide milis m, cána candaí m
• Italian: bastoncino di zucchero m
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• Japanese: キャンディーケイン (kyandī kein), キャンディケイン (kyandi kein), キャンディ棒 (キャンディぼう, kyandibō)
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: likstok m

• Lule Sami: polkanjálguk
• Pennsylvania German: Zuckerschtengel m
• Polish: cukrowa laska f
• Portuguese: bastão de doces m
• Russian: караме́льная трость f (karamélʹnaja trostʹ), караме́льная па́лочка f (karamélʹnaja páločka)
• Spanish: bastón de caramelo (es) m
• Swedish: polkagris (sv) c
• Tagalog: kending baston, kending tungkod
• Ukrainian: караме́льна па́личка f (karamélʹna pályčka)
• Welsh: ffon gandi f
• West Frisian: sûrstôk

Further reading

• candy cane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia