English
Etymology
From Middle English sweete , swete , from Old English swēte ( “ sweet ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz ( “ sweet ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus ( “ sweet ” ) .
Cognate and synonymous with Scots sweit , North Frisian sweete , West Frisian swiet , Low German sööt , Dutch zoet , German süß , Danish sød , Swedish söt , Norwegian søt , Latin suāvis , Sanskrit स्वादु ( svādú ) , Ancient Greek ἡδύς ( hēdús ) .
Pronunciation
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL . IPA (key ) : /swiːt/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL . IPA (key ) : /swit/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL . IPA (key ) : /swiːt/
Rhymes: -iːt
Homophone : suite
Adjective
sweet (comparative sweeter , superlative sweetest )
Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar .
a sweet apple
Having a taste of sugar .
( wine ) Retaining a portion of sugar .
Sweet wines are better dessert wines.
Not having a salty taste.
sweet butter
Having a pleasant smell.
a sweet scent .
Not decaying , fermented , rancid , sour , spoiled , or stale .
sweet milk
Having a pleasant sound.
a sweet tune
Having a pleasing disposition.
a sweet child
Having a helpful disposition.
It was sweet of him to help out.
( mineralogy ) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.
sweet gas
sweet soil
sweet crude oil
( informal ) Very pleasing ; agreeable .
The new Lexus was a sweet birthday gift.
1932 , Delos W. Lovelace , King Kong , published 1965 , page 1:Her crew knew that deep in her heart beat engines fit and able to push her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come Hell or high water.
14 November 2014 , Steven Haliday , Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero
GORDON Strachan enjoyed the sweetest of his 16 matches in charge of Scotland so far as his team enhanced their prospects of Euro 2016 qualification with a crucial and deserved victory over Republic of Ireland.
( slang ) Doing well; in a good or happy position.
2012 , John Hoskison, Inside: One Man's Experience of Prison
"Visit in two days though," said Tommo. "Hang in there mate, got a joey coming, we'll be sweet then."
( informal , followed by on ) Romantically fixated , enamoured with , fond of
The attraction was mutual and instant; they were sweet on one another from first sight.
( obsolete ) Fresh ; not salt or brackish .
sweet water
1627 , Francis Bacon , Sylva Sylvarum: or A Natural History , in The Works of Francis Bacon (1826), page 66
The white of an egg, or blood mingled with salt water, doth gather the saltness and maketh the water sweeter ; this may be by adhesion.
1821 , Robert Thomas, The modern practice of physic , page 713 :Nothing has been found so effectual for preserving water sweet at sea, during long voyages, as charring the insides of the casks well before they are filled.
Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.
a sweet face; a sweet colour or complexion
Synonyms
( having a taste of sugar ) : saccharine , sugary
( containing a sweetening ingredient ) : sugared , sweetened
( not having a salty taste ) : fresh , unsalty
( having a pleasant smell ) : fragrant , odoriferous , odorous , perfumed , scented , sweet-scented , sweet-smelling
( not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale ) : fresh , unfermented , wholesome
( having a pleasant sound ) : dulcet , honeyed , mellifluous , mellisonant
( having a pleasing disposition ) : cute , lovable , pleasant
( having a helpful disposition ) : kind , gracious , helpful , sensitive , thoughtful
( (informal) very pleasing ) : rad , awesome , wicked
Antonyms
( having a pleasant taste ) : bitter , sour , salty
( containing a sweetening ingredient ) : nonsweet , sugarless , unsugared , unsweetened , unsweet
( of wines: retaining a portion of natural sugar ) : dry
( not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale ) : decaying , fermented , rancid , sour , spoiled , stale
( not having a salty taste ) : salty , savoury
( free from excessive unwanted substances ) : sour
( (informal) very pleasing ) : lame , uncool
Derived terms
Translations
having a pleasant taste
Afrikaans: soet (af)
Albanian: ëmbël (sq)
Amharic: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: حُلْو m ( ḥulw )
Egyptian Arabic: حِلْو m ( ḥelw )
Gulf Arabic: حلو m ( ḥilu )
Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: քաղցր (hy) ( kʻaġcʻr )
Aromanian: dultsi , dultse
Assamese: মিঠা ( mitha )
Asturian: dulce
Aymara: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: dadlı (az)
Bashkir: татлы ( tatlı )
Basque: gozo
Belarusian: сало́дкі ( salódki )
Bengali: মিষ্টি ( miśṭi )
Breton: dous (br)
Bulgarian: сла́дък (bg) ( sládǎk )
Burmese: ချို (my) ( hkyui )
Buryat: амтатай ( amtataj )
Catalan: dolç (ca)
Cebuano: tam-is
Chechen: мерза ( merza )
Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
Chichewa: tseketseke , tsekemera
Chinese:
Cantonese: 甜 ( tim4 )
Mandarin: 甜 (zh) ( tián )
Chuvash: тутлӑ ( tutlă ) , пылак ( pylak )
Crimean Tatar: tatlı
Czech: sladký (cs)
Dalmatian: dolc
Danish: sød (da)
Dargwa: муриси ( murisi )
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: zoet (nl)
Egyptian: (bnr ), (nḏm )
Esperanto: dolĉa (eo)
Estonian: magus (et)
Ewe: please add this translation if you can
Extremaduran: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: søtur
Finnish: makea (fi)
French: doux (fr)
Friulian: dolç , dolč
Galician: doce (gl)
Georgian: ტკბილი ( ṭḳbili )
German: süß (de) , lecker (de)
Greek: γλυκός (el) m ( glykós )
Ancient: γλυκύς ( glukús )
Gujarati: મીઠી ( mīṭhī )
Hausa: please add this translation if you can
Hawaiian: momona
Hebrew: מָתוֹק (he) ( matók )
Hindi: मीठा (hi) ( mīṭhā )
Hungarian: édes (hu)
Icelandic: sætur (is)
Ido: dolca (io)
Igbo: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: manis (id)
Interlingua: please add this translation if you can
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Irish: milis
Italian: dolce (it)
Japanese: 甘い (ja) ( あまい, amai )
Kalmyk: әмтәхн ( ämtäxn )
Karachay-Balkar: татлы ( tatlı )
Kazakh: тәтті (kk) ( tättı )
Khakas: тадылығ ( tadılığ )
Khmer: ផ្អែម (km) ( p’aem )
Korean: 달콤하다 (ko) ( dalkomhada ) , 달다 (ko) ( dalda )
Koryak: наллявʼӄин ( nallyawqin ) , наллягӄин ( nallyagqin )
Kumyk: татли ( tatli )
Kurdish:
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Sorani: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
Kyrgyz: таттуу (ky) ( tattuu )
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Lao: ຫວານ ( wān )
Latgalian: soldons m
Latin: dulcis , suāvis
Latvian: salds
Lithuanian: saldus
Luganda: please add this translation if you can
Luxembourgish: séiss
Macedonian: сладок ( sladok )
Malagasy: ankamamina (mg) , mamy (mg)
Malay: manis
Malayalam: മധുരം (ml) ( madhuraṁ )
Maori: āwenewene
Marathi: गोड ( goḍ )
Mari:
Eastern Mari: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "chm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
Western Mari: ширӹ ( širÿ )
Mirandese: doce
Mongolian: амттай ( amttaj )
Navajo: łikan
Norwegian: søt (no)
Occitan: doç (oc)
Oriya: please add this translation if you can
Pashto: خوږ (ps) m ( xoģ ) , خوږه (ps) f ( xwaģa )
Persian: شیرین (fa) ( širin )
Polish: słodki (pl) m
Portuguese: doce (pt)
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
Quechua: ñukñu , miski , mişki
Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: dulce (ro)
Romansch: dultsch ( Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan ) , doltsch ( Surmiran ) , dutsch ( Puter, Vallader )
Russian: сла́дкий (ru) m ( sládkij )
Rwanda-Rundi: bombo ( Rwanda ) , gusosa ( Rundi )
Sanskrit: मधुर (sa) ( madhura )
Scottish Gaelic: milis , mealach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сладак
Roman: sladak (sh)
Shona: kutapira
Shor: таамнығ
Sicilian: duci (scn)
Slovak: sladký
Slovene: sladek (sl)
Somali: please add this translation if you can
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: słodki
Southern Altai: тату ( tatu )
Spanish: dulce (es) , rico (es) , sabroso (es) , gustoso (es)
Swahili: tamu (sw)
Swedish: söt (sv)
Sylheti: ꠝꠤꠑꠣ ( miṭá )
Tagalog: matamis (tl)
Tajik: ширин (tg) ( širin )
Tamil: இனிப்பான ( iṉippāṉa )
Tatar: татлы ( tatlı )
Thai: หวาน (th) ( wǎan )
Tibetan: མངར་མོ ( mngar mo )
Turkish: tatlı (tr)
Turkmen: datly , süýji
Tuvan: чигирзиг ( çigirzig )
Udmurt: ческыт ( ćeskyt ) , коньыт ( końyt )
Ukrainian: соло́дкий (uk) ( solódkyj )
Urdu: میٹھا ( mīṭhā )
Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
Uzbek: totli (uz) , shirin (uz)
Venda: tshimedzwa
Venetian: dólso , dolse (vec) , dólzo , dolž
Vietnamese: ngọt (vi)
Volapük: svidik (vo)
Wolof: partart
Xhosa: please add this translation if you can
Yakut: минньигэс ( minnyiges )
Yiddish: זיס ( zis )
Yoruba: please add this translation if you can
Yucatec Maya: chʼujuk
Zazaki: şîrin
Zulu: mnandi
having a taste of sugar
Afrikaans: soet (af) , soeterig
Albanian: i ëmbël (sq)
Armenian: քաղցր (hy) ( kʻaġcʻr )
Aromanian: dultsi
Asturian: dulce
Azerbaijani: dadlı (az) , şirin (az)
Basque: gozoa
Belarusian: сало́дкі ( salódki )
Bengali: মিঠা ( miṭha )
Breton: dous (br) , c'hwek (br)
Bulgarian: сла́дък (bg) ( sládǎk )
Burmese: ချို (my) ( hkyui )
Catalan: dolç (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 甜 ( tim4 )
Mandarin: 甜 (zh) ( tián )
Min Dong: 甜 ( dian )
Crimean Tatar: tatlı
Czech: sladký (cs) m
Danish: sød (da)
Dutch: zoet (nl)
Esperanto: dolĉa (eo)
Estonian: magus (et)
Ewe: ŋaneŋane
Faroese: søtur
Finnish: makea (fi) , imelä (fi) , äitelä (fi) , sokerinen (fi)
French: sucré (fr)
Friulian: dolç , dolč
Galician: doce (gl)
Georgian: ტკბილი ( ṭḳbili )
German: süß (de)
Greek: γλυκός (el) ( glykós )
Ancient: γλυκύς ( glukús )
Hebrew: מָתוֹק (he) ( matók )
Hindi: मीठा (hi) ( mīṭhā )
Hungarian: édes (hu)
Icelandic: sætur (is)
Ido: sukroza (io)
Irish: milis
Italian: dolce (it) , zuccheroso (it)
Japanese: 甘い (ja) ( あまい, amai )
Jingpho: dwi ( spelling in Myanmar ) , dui ( spelling in China )
Kazakh: тәтті (kk) ( tättı )
Khmer: ផ្អែម (km) ( phʼaem )
Korean: 달다 (ko) ( dalda )
Kurdish:
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Sorani: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
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Kyrgyz: таттуу (ky) ( tattuu )
Lao: ຫວານ ( wān )
Latin: dulcis
Latvian: salds
Lithuanian: saldus
Macedonian: сладок ( sladok )
Malay: manis
Maori: waitī , āwenewene
Marathi: गोड ( goḍ )
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: søt (no)
Persian: شیرین (fa) ( širin )
Polish: słodki (pl) m
Portuguese: doce (pt)
Romanian: dulce (ro)
Russian: сла́дкий (ru) m ( sládkij )
Sardinian: durke
Scottish Gaelic: milis , mealach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сладак
Roman: sladak (sh)
Slovak: sladký
Slovene: sladek (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: słodki
Spanish: dulce (es)
Swahili: tamu (sw)
Swedish: söt (sv)
Tagalog: matamis (tl) , maasukal
Tajik: ширин (tg) ( širin )
Tatar: татлы ( tatlı )
Thai: หวาน (th) ( wǎan )
Turkish: tatlı (tr) , şirin (tr)
Turkmen: şirin
Ukrainian: соло́дкий (uk) ( solódkyj )
Urdu: میٹھا ( mīṭhā )
Uyghur: تاتلىق (ug) ( tatliq ) , شېرىن ( shërin )
Uzbek: totli (uz) , shirin (uz)
Venetian: dólso , dolse (vec) , dólzo
Vietnamese: ngọt (vi)
Volapük: svidik (vo)
Welsh: melys (cy)
Yucatec Maya: ch'ujuk
containing a sweetening ingredient
Afrikaans: soet (af)
Armenian: քաղցր (hy) ( kʻaġcʻr )
Belarusian: сало́дкі m ( salódki )
Breton: dous (br)
Bulgarian: сла́дък (bg) ( sládǎk )
Catalan: dolç (ca) m , ensucrat m
Czech: slazený (cs)
Danish: sødet , sød (da)
Dutch: zoet (nl)
Finnish: makea (fi) , makeutettu (fi)
French: sucré (fr)
German: zuckerhaltig (de) , gezuckert (de)
Greek: γλυκός (el) m ( glykós )
Hebrew: מתוק (he) ( matok )
Icelandic: sætur (is)
Italian: dolcificato (it) , (with sugar ) zuccherato (it)
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Japanese: 甘い (ja) ( amai )
Korean: 달다 (ko) ( dalda )
Kurdish:
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Sorani: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
Latvian: salds
Norwegian: sukkertilsatt
Polish: słodzony m
Portuguese: doce (pt) , adocicado (pt) , adoçado (pt)
Romanian: dulce (ro) , îndulcit (ro)
Russian: сла́дкий (ru) m ( sládkij )
Spanish: azucarado (es)
Swahili: tamu (sw)
Swedish: söt (sv) , sötad (sv)
Tagalog: matamis (tl)
Thai: หวาน (th) ( wǎan )
of a wine: retaining a portion of sugar
having a pleasant smell
Armenian: անուշահոտ (hy) ( anušahot )
Breton: c'hwek (br)
Czech: voňavý (cs)
Danish: sød (da) , sødlig
Dutch: zoet (nl)
Finnish: miellyttävä (fi) , ihana (fi) , suloinen (fi) , hyväntuoksuinen
Georgian: არომატული ( aromaṭuli )
German: wohlriechend (de) , duftend (de) , (please verify ) Duft- (de)
Greek: ευωδιαστός (el) m ( evodiastós )
Italian: profumato (it) , fragrante (it)
Japanese: 芳しい ( kaguwashii ) , 香しい ( kaguwashii )
Korean: 향기롭다 (ko) ( hyanggiropda )
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Marathi: सुगंध ( sugandha )
Norwegian: søtlig
Polish: słodki (pl) m
Portuguese: perfumado (pt) , cheiroso (pt)
Romanian: parfumat (ro) , înmiresmat (ro) , dulce (ro)
Russian: души́стый (ru) ( dušístyj )
Scottish Gaelic: blasda , milis
Spanish: dulce (es) , fragante (es) , oloroso (es)
Swahili: tamu (sw)
Swedish: behaglig (sv) , doftande (sv) , härlig (sv) , ljuvlig (sv) , mild (sv) , väldoftande (sv)
Thai: หอม (th) ( hɔ̌ɔm )
not decaying, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale
having a pleasant sound
Armenian: քաղցրահնչյուն (hy) ( kʻaġcʻrahnčʻyun )
Breton: heson
Catalan: dolç (ca)
Czech: melodický
Danish: melodisk , behagelig
Finnish: ihana (fi) , miellyttävä (fi) , pehmeä (fi)
French: doux (fr) , mélodieux (fr)
Greek: γλυκόηχος (el) m ( glykóichos )
Irish: binn
Italian: intonato (it) , melodioso (it)
Japanese: 心地よい ( kokochi-yoi ) , 快い (ja) ( kokoroyoi )
Korean: (please verify ) 감미롭다 (ko) ( gammiropda )
Kurdish:
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Sorani: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E .
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Marathi: मधूर ( madhūr )
Norwegian: vakker (no)
Polish: słodki (pl) m , melodyjny (pl) m
Portuguese: doce (pt) , melodioso
Romanian: dulce (ro) , melodios (ro)
Russian: сладкозву́чный (ru) m ( sladkozvúčnyj ) , мелоди́чный (ru) m ( melodíčnyj )
Scottish Gaelic: binn , grinn
Spanish: dulce (es) , melodioso
Swedish: ljuv (sv) , melodisk (sv) , vacker (sv) , välljudande
Thai: หวาน (th) ( wǎan ) , เพราะ (th) ( prɔ́ ) , ไพเราะ (th) ( pai-rɔ́ )
having a pleasing disposition
Afrikaans: lieflik
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Amharic: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: դուրեկան (hy) ( durekan )
Assamese: please add this translation if you can
Asturian: dulce
Aymara: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: мі́лы m ( míly )
Bengali: please add this translation if you can
Breton: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: dolç (ca)
Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
Chichewa: please add this translation if you can
Czech: milý (cs) , příjemný (cs)
Danish: sød (da) , blid
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: lief (nl) , vriendelijk (nl) , schattig (nl)
Esperanto: aminda
Finnish: herttainen (fi) , suloinen (fi) , mukava (fi)
French: sympathique (fr) , sympa (fr) , doux (fr)
Friulian: please add this translation if you can
Galician: doce (gl)
German: süß (de) , herzig (de) , lieblich (de) , liebenswürdig (de)
Greek: πράος (el) m ( práos ) , μειλίχιος (el) m ( meilíchios )
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: מתוק (he) ( matok )
Ido: dolca (io)
Igbo: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
Interlingua: please add this translation if you can
Interlingue: please add this translation if you can
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Irish: caoin
Italian: simpatico (it) , dolce (it) , carino (it)
Japanese: 可愛い (ja) ( kawaii )
Javanese: please add this translation if you can
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Khmer: ទន់ភ្លន់ (km) ( tʊən plʊən )
Korean: 마음좋다 ( ma'eumjota )
Kurdish:
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Latin: suāvis
Norwegian: snill (no) , vennlig (no)
Novial: please add this translation if you can
Oriya: please add this translation if you can
Pashto: please add this translation if you can
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: miły (pl) m , uroczy (pl) m
Portuguese: doce (pt) , amável (pt)
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: dulce (ro) , simpatic (ro)
Russian: ми́лый (ru) m ( mílyj )
Rwanda-Rundi: please add this translation if you can
Scottish Gaelic: grinn , milis
Sicilian: please add this translation if you can
Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
Somali: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: agradable (es) , bello (es) , dulce (es) , encantador (es) , hermoso (es) , lindo (es) , mono (es)
Swedish: behaglig (sv) , intagande (sv) , ljuv (sv) , gullig (sv) , näpen (sv) , söt (sv) , älsklig , älskvärd (sv)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Thai: หวาน (th) ( wǎan )
Yiddish: זיס ( zis )
having a helpful disposition
Afrikaans: hulpwardig
Armenian: դուրեկան (hy) ( durekan )
Czech: milý (cs) , ochotný (cs)
Danish: venlig
Dutch: lief (nl) , schattig (nl)
Finnish: ystävällinen (fi) , auttavainen (fi) , herttainen (fi)
French: charmant (fr) , gentil (fr)
German: nett (de)
Hebrew: מתוק (he) ( matok )
Italian: dolce (it) , gentile (it) , carino (it) , amabile (it)
Japanese: 親切 (ja) ( shinsetsu ) , 都合のよい ( tsugō no yoi )
Korean: 마음좋다 ( ma'eumjota )
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Kurdish:
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Norwegian: hjelpsom , vennlig (no)
Polish: miły (pl) m , uroczy (pl) m
Portuguese: amigável (pt)
Romanian: drăguț (ro)
Russian: ми́лый (ru) m ( mílyj )
Scottish Gaelic: grinn , milis
Spanish: amable (es) , benigno (es) , tierno (es)
Swedish: hjälpsam (sv) , rar (sv) , vänlig (sv) , omtänksam (sv)
Thai: จ๊าบ (th) ( jáap )
free from excessive unwanted substances
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Arabic: حُلْو ( ḥulw )
Bulgarian: (please verify ) сла́дък (bg) m ( sládǎk ) , (please verify ) сладка (bg) f ( sladka ) , (please verify ) сладко (bg) n ( sladko )
French: (please verify ) suave (fr) m or f
German: ( 1,2 ) (please verify ) süß (de)
Indonesian: ( 1,2 ) (please verify ) manis (id)
Italian: (please verify ) gradevole (it) , (please verify ) piacevole (it)
Korean: (please verify ) 단 (ko) ( dan ) , (please verify ) 깨끗하다 (ko) ( kkaekkeuthada ) , (please verify ) 기분이 좋다 ( gibuni jota ) , (please verify ) 맛있다 (ko) ( masitda )
Latin: (please verify ) dulcis
Lithuanian: ( 1 ) (please verify ) saldus m , ( 2 ) (please verify ) dailus m , ( 3 ) (please verify ) mielas m
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Mandarin: (please verify ) 甜 (zh) ( tián )
Persian: (please verify ) شیرین (fa) ( shirin ) (1), (please verify ) ناز (fa) ( nāz ) (2)
Spanish: (please verify ) chachi
Telugu: (please verify ) తీపి (te) ( tīpi ) , (please verify ) తియ్యని (te) ( tiyyani ) , (please verify ) ముద్దొచ్చే ( muddoccē )
Tetum: (please verify ) midar
Tibetan: (please verify ) མངར་མོ ( mngar mo )
Turkish: (please verify ) nazik (tr) , (please verify ) yumuşak (tr) , (please verify ) tatlı (tr) , (please verify ) şekerli (tr)
Welsh: ( 1 ) (please verify ) melys (cy)
Interjection
sweet
Used as a positive response to good news or information.
They're making a sequel? Ah, sweet !
Adverb
sweet (comparative more sweet , superlative most sweet )
In a sweet manner.
1598 , Shakespeare , Love's Labour Lost , Act 1 Scene 1:
"and, sweet my child, let them be men of good repute and carriage."
(and, my child, allow them sweetly to be men with good reputations and conduct)
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Translations
Noun
sweet (countable and uncountable , plural sweets )
( uncountable ) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar .
( countable , British ) A confection made from sugar , or high in sugar content; a candy .
( countable , British ) A food eaten for dessert .
Can we see the sweet menu, please?
Sweetheart ; darling .
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Wherefore frowns my sweet ?
( obsolete ) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume .
(Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
a wilderness of sweets
( obsolete ) Sweetness , delight ; something pleasant to the mind or senses.
1613 , John Marston , William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess , III.2:
Fear's fire to fervency, which makes love's sweet prove nectar.
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Translations
basic taste sensation induced by sugar
— see sweetness
sugary confection
Armenian: կոնֆետ (hy) ( konfet )
Catalan: dolç (ca) m , llaminadura (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 糖 (yue) ( tong4-2 )
Mandarin: 糖果 (zh) ( tángguǒ )
Min Nan: 糖仔餅 / 糖仔饼 ( thn̂g-á-piáⁿ )
Czech: sladkost f
Danish: konfekt , bolsje , slik (da)
Dutch: snoep (nl) m or n , snoepje (nl) n
Esperanto: sukeraĵo
Finnish: makeinen (fi) , karamelli (fi) , karkki (fi) , namu (fi)
French: friandise (fr) f , bonbon (fr) m , sucreries (fr) f pl
Galician: doce (gl) m
Georgian: კამფეტი ( ḳampeṭi )
German: Süßigkeit (de) f , Bonbon (de) m or n
Alemannic German: Zältli n ( Zurich ) , Täfeli n ( Bern ) , Zückerli n ( Graubünden ) , Täfi
Greek: καραμέλα (el) f ( karaméla )
Hebrew: מתוק (he) ( matok )
Hindi: कैंडी ( kaiṇḍī )
Hungarian: édesség (hu) , cukorka (hu)
Irish: milseán (ga)
Italian: dolcetto m , caramella (it) m
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Japanese: 糖菓 ( tōka )
Kurdish:
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Latvian: saldums m
Luxembourgish: Kamell (lb) f , Zockerboun (lb) f
Ngazidja Comorian: bombo class 9 /10
Polish: cukierek (pl) m , słodycze (pl) pl
Portuguese: doce (pt) m
Romanian: dulce (ro) n , bomboană (ro) f
Russian: конфе́та (ru) f ( konféta ) , ледене́ц (ru) m ( ledenéc ) , сласть (ru) f ( slastʹ ) , сла́дость (ru) f ( sládostʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: suiteas m , mìlsean m
Spanish: dulce (es) m , caramelo (es) m , chuche (es)
Swahili: tamu (sw) , pipi (sw)
Swedish: karamell (sv) c , godsak (sv) c , godis (sv) n , snask (sv) n , sötsak (sv) c
Tagalog: matatamis
Telugu: మిఠాయి (te) ( miṭhāyi )
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: şeker (tr)
Zulu: iswidi class 5 /6
food eaten for dessert
— see dessert
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Verb
sweet (third-person singular simple present sweets , present participle sweeting , simple past and past participle sweeted )
( obsolete or poetic ) To sweeten .
1825 , John Breckinridge & C.R. Harrison, Western Luminary ... - Volume 1 , page 318 :In size and shape it resembles the heart of a calf, and the interior substance is similar to thick cream, sweeted with fine sugar.
1890 , The Cincinnati Lancet-clinic - Volume 63 , page 331 :It might also be given in the form of a mixture — the drug being insoluble in a watery menstruum — suspended by the aid of mucilage and sweeted by any of the various flavoring syrups.
1997 , Morag Styles, From the Garden to the Street , →ISBN :Bring me now where the warm wind blows, where the grasses sigh, where the sweet-tongued blossom flowers; where the shower, fan soft like a fishermans net thrown through the sweeted air.
2012 , Keith Ringkamp, PATIENCE WORTH: A Balm for Every Ill , →ISBN , page 34 :A sour maketh sweets two-fold sweeted .
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch zweet , from Middle Dutch sweet , from Old Dutch *sweit , *swēt , from Proto-Germanic *swait- , from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- .
Noun
sweet (uncountable )
sweat
Daar was baie sweet op haar voorhoof. There was a lot of sweat on her forehead.
Etymology 2
From Dutch zweten , from Middle Dutch swêten .
Verb
sweet (present sweet , present participle swetende , past participle gesweet )
to sweat
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *swēt , from Proto-Germanic *swait- .
Noun
swêet n
sweat , perspiration
Inflection
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