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Etymology
Via Middle English swete, sweete, from Old English swēte, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d-. Compare West Frisian swiet, Low German sööt, Dutch zoet, German süß, Danish sød.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sweet (comparative sweeter, superlative sweetest)
- Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
- Having a taste of sugar.
- Containing a sweetening ingredient.
- (wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.
- Sweet wines are better dessert wines.
- Not having a salty taste.
- sweet butter
- 1821, Robert Thomas, The modern practice of physic
- 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.
- Having a pleasant smell.
- a sweet scent
- Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
- sweet milk
- Having a pleasant sound.
- a sweet tune
- a sweet voice
- 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 soil
- sweet crude oil
- (informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.
- The new Lexus was a sweet birthday gift.
- (informal, followed by on) Romantically fixated, enamored (followed by with), fond (followed by of).
- The attraction was mutual and instant; they were sweet on one another from first sight.
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
- (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
Terms derived from sweet (adjective)
Translations
having a pleasant taste
- Afrikaans: soet (af)
- Albanian: ëmbël (sq)
- Amharic: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: حلو (ar) (ḥulw) m
- Egyptian Arabic: حلو (ḥelw) m
- Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: քաղցր (hy) (k'aġc'r)
- Aromanian: dultse (rup)
- Assamese: please add this translation if you can
- Asturian: dulce (ast)
- Aymara: please add this translation if you can
- Azeri: dadlı (az)
- Bashkir: татлы (tatlı)
- Basque: gozo (eu)
- Belarusian: салодкі (be) (salódki)
- Bengali: মিষ্টি (bn) (miṣṭi)
- Breton: dous (br)
- Bulgarian: сладък (bg) (sládǎk)
- Catalan: dolç (ca)
- Chechen: мерза (merza)
- Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
- Chichewa: tseketseke, tsekemera
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 甜 (cmn) (tián)
- Chuvash: тутлӑ (tutlă), пылак (pılak)
- Czech: sladký (cs)
- Dalmatian: dolc
- Danish: sød (da)
- Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: zoet (nl)
- Esperanto: dolĉa (eo)
- Estonian: magus (et)
- Ewe: please add this translation if you can
- Extremaduran: please add this translation if you can
- Faroese: søtur (fo)
- Finnish: makea (fi)
- French: doux (fr)
- Galician: doce (gl)
- German: süß (de), lecker (de)
- Greek: γλυκός (el) (glykós) m
- Gujarati: મીઠી (gu) (mīṭhī)
- Hausa: please add this translation if you can
- Hawaiian: momona
- Hebrew: מתוק (he) (matok)
- Hindi: मीठा (hi) (mīṭhā)
- Hungarian: édes (hu)
- Icelandic: sætur (is)
- Ido: please add this translation if you can
- 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 (ga)
- Italian: dolce (it)
- Japanese: 甘い (ja) (あまい, amai)
- Kalmyk: әмтәхн (ämtähn)
- Karachay-Balkar: татлы (tatlı)
- Kazakh: тәтті (kk) (tätti)
- Khakas: тадылығ (tadılığ)
- Khmer: ផ្អែម (km) (p’aem)
- Kinyarwanda: bombo (rw)
- Kirundi: gusosa (rn)
- Korean: 달콤하다 (ko) (dalkom-hada), 달다 (ko) (dalda)
- Koryak: наллявʼӄин (naĺĺawqin), наллягӄин (naĺĺaɣqin)
- Kumyk: татли (tatli)
- Kurdish:
- Kurmanji: şirîn (ku)
- Sorani: شیرین (ku) (sheereen)
- Kyrgyz: таттуу (ky) (tattuu)
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- Lao: ຫວານ (lo) (van)
- Latgalian: soldons m
- Latin: dulcis (la), suāvis (la)
- Latvian: salds (lv)
- Lithuanian: saldus (lt)
- Luganda: please add this translation if you can
- Luxembourgish: séiss (lb)
- Macedonian: сладок (mk) (sládok)
- Malagasy: ankamamina (mg), mamy (mg)
- Malayalam: മധുരം (ml) (madhuraṃ)
- Marathi: गोड (mr) (goḍa) m
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari: шере (šere)
- Western Mari: ширӹ (širı)
- Mirandese: doce
- Mongolian: амттай (mn) (amtataj)
- Norwegian: søt (no)
- Occitan: doç (oc)
- Oriya: please add this translation if you can
- Pashto: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: شیرین (fa) (širin)
- Polish: słodki (pl) m
- Portuguese: doce (pt)
- Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
- Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
- Romanian: dulce (ro)
- Romansch: dultsch (rm) (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan), doltsch (rm) (Surmiran), dutsch (rm) (Puter, Vallader)
- Russia Buryat: амтатай (amtataj)
- Russian: сладкий (ru) (sládkij) m
- Sanskrit: मधुर (sa) (madhura)
- Scottish Gaelic: milis (gd), mealach (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: сладак (sh)
- Roman: sladak (sh)
- Shona: kutapira (sn)
- Shor: таамнығ (taamnığ)
- Sicilian: duci (scn)
- Slovak: sladký (sk)
- Slovene: sladek (sl)
- Somali: please add this translation if you can
- Southern Altai: тату (tatu)
- Spanish: dulce (es), rico (es), sabroso (es), gustoso (es)
- Swahili: tamu (sw), pipi (sw)
- Swedish: söt (sv)
- Tagalog: matamis (tl)
- Tajik: ширин (tg) (širin)
- Tamil: இனிப்பான (ta) (iṉippāṉa)
- Tatar: татлы (tt) (tatlı)
- Thai: หวาน (th) (wăan)
- Turkish: tatlı (tr)
- Turkmen: datly (tk), süýji (tk)
- Tuvan: чигирзиг (çigirzig)
- Udmurt: ческыт (ćeskyt), коньыт (końyt)
- Ukrainian: солодкий (uk) (solódkyj)
- Urdu: میٹھا (ur) (mīṭhā)
- Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
- Uzbek: totli (uz), shirin (uz)
- Venda: tshimedzwa
- Venetian: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: ngọt (vi)
- Volapük: svidik (vo)
- Wolof: partart (wo)
- Xhosa: please add this translation if you can
- Yakut: минньигэс (minńiges)
- Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
- Yoruba: please add this translation if you can
- Yucatec Maya: ch'ujuk
- Zulu: uswidi (zu)
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containing a sweetening ingredient
of a wine: retaining a portion of sugar
having a pleasant smell
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- Korean: 향기롭다 (ko) (hyanggi-ropda)
- Norwegian: søtlig (no)
- Polish: słodki (pl) m
- Portuguese: perfumado (pt), cheiroso (pt)
- Russian: душистый (ru) (dušictyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: blasda (gd), milis (gd)
- Spanish: dulce (es), fragante (es), oloroso (es)
- Swahili: tamu (sw), pipi (sw)
- Swedish: behaglig (sv), doftande (sv), härlig (sv), ljuvlig (sv), mild (sv), väldoftande (sv)
- Thai: หอม (th) (hŏm)
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not decaying, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale
having a pleasing disposition
- Afrikaans: lieflik (af)
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- Amharic: please add this translation if you can
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- Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: դուրեկան (hy) (durekan)
- Assamese: please add this translation if you can
- Asturian: please add this translation if you can
- Aymara: please add this translation if you can
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- 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 (da)
- Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: lief (nl), vriendelijk (nl), schattig (nl)
- Finnish: herttainen (fi), suloinen (fi), mukava (fi)
- French: sympathique (fr) m and f, sympa (fr) m and f, doux (fr) m
- Friulian: please add this translation if you can
- Galician: please add this translation if you can
- German: süß (de), herzig (de), lieblich (de)
- Greek: πράος (el) (praos) m , μειλίχιος (el) (milikhios) m
- Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
- Hebrew: מתוק (he) (matok)
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- Irish: caoin (ga)
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- Italian: simpatico (it), dolce (it), carino (it)
- Japanese: 可愛い (ja) (kawaī)
- Javanese: please add this translation if you can
- Kannada: please add this translation if you can
- Khmer: ទន់ភ្លន់ (km) (tʊən plʊən)
- Kinyarwanda: please add this translation if you can
- Kirundi: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: 마음좋다 (ko) (maum-johda)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: xwînşirîn (ku), şirîn (ku)
- Latin: suāvis (la)
- 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
- Russian: милый (ru) (mílyj) m
- Scottish Gaelic: grinn (gd), milis (gd)
- 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)
- Swahili: pipi (sw)
- Swedish: behaglig (sv), intagande (sv), ljuv (sv), gullig (sv), näpen (sv), söt (sv), älsklig (sv), älskvärd (sv)
- Tamil: please add this translation if you can
- Telugu: please add this translation if you can
- Thai: หวาน (th) (wăan)
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having a helpful disposition
free from excessive unwanted substances
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Usage notes
- Also 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Synonyms
Translations
Noun
sweet (countable and uncountable; plural sweets)
- (uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
- (countable, UK) A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.
- (countable, UK) A food eaten for dessert.
- Can we see the sweet menu, please?
- sweetheart
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
basic taste sensation induced by sugar
— see sweetness
sugary confection
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- Italian: dolcetto (it) m, caramella (it) m
- Japanese: 糖菓 (ja) (tōka)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: شیرین (ku)
- Luxembourgish: Kamell (lb) f, Zockerboun (lb) f
- Polish: cukierek (pl) m, słodycze (pl) pl
- Portuguese: doce (pt) m
- Russian: конфета (ru) (konféta) f , леденец (ru) (ledenéc) m , сласть (ru) (slastʹ) f , сладость (ru) (sládostʹ) f
- Scottish Gaelic: suiteas (gd) m, mìlsean (gd) 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 (tl)
- Telugu: మిఠాయి (te) (miThaayi)
- Turkish: şeker (tr)
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food eaten for dessert
— see dessert
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- Bulgarian: сладко (sladko) n
- Indonesian: manisan, permen
- Persian: هلههوله (hale-hule)
- Romanian: dulce n
- Turkish: akide şekeri (tr), şekerleme (tr)
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