sweetness

English

Etymology

sweet +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

• enPR: swēt'nəs, IPA^(key): /ˈswiːtnəs/

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Noun

sweetness (countable and uncountable, plural sweetnesses)

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.

3. (informal) Term of address for one's sweetheart.
   • 2011, Kimberly Gibney, Over the Edge (page 66)

     "Hey sweetness," he said. "How was practice?"

Translations

condition of being sweet or sugary

• Afrikaans: soetheid
• Albanian: ëmbëlsi (sq) f
• Aromanian: dultseatsã f
• Asturian: dulzura f
• Azeri: şirinlik
• Catalan: dolçor f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甜味 (zh) (tiánwèi)

• Crimean Tatar: tatlılıq
• Czech: sladkost f
• Danish: sødme c
• Dutch: zoetheid (nl) f
• Finnish: makeus (fi)
• Galician: dozura f
• Georgian: სიტკბო (siṭḳbo), სიტკბოება (siṭḳboeba)
• German: Süßigkeit (de) f
• Hungarian: édesség (hu)
• Icelandic: sætleik f

• Italian: dolcezza (it) f
• Japanese: 甘さ (あまさ, amasa)
• Latin: dulcēdō f, dulcitās f, dulcitūdō f, dulcor m, mellinia f, suāvitās f
• Latvian: saldums m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sødme m

  Nynorsk: søtleik m

• Polish: słodycz (pl) f
• Portuguese: doçura (pt) f
• Romanian: dulceață (ro)
• Russian: сла́дость (ru) f (sládostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: slatkòća (sh) f
• Spanish: dulzura f
• Swedish: sötma (sv) c
• Turkish: tatlılık (tr)
• Welsh: melyster m
• Yiddish: זיסקײַט‏‎ f (ziskayt)

pleasant disposition

• Afrikaans: soetheid
• Albanian: ëmbëlsi (sq) f
• Azeri: şirinlik
• Catalan: dolçor f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甜美 (zh) (tiánměi)

• Danish: sødme c
• Dutch: zoetheid (nl) f
• Finnish: herttaisuus (fi)
• Galician: dozura f
• German: Süßigkeit (de) f

• Hungarian: kedvesség (hu)
• Icelandic: sætleik f
• Italian: dolcezza (it) f
• Latvian: saldums m
• Polish: słodycz (pl) f
• Portuguese: doçura (pt) f
• Romanian: dulceață (ro)
• Russian: доброду́шие (ru) n (dobrodúšije), доброта́ (ru) f (dobrotá)
• Spanish: agradabilidad f
• Turkish: tatlılık (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} Süße f

• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} mìlseachd f

Anagrams

• wetnesses