sweetness

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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.

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
• 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
• 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)

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Translations to be checked

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