Pronunciation
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sweet tooth (plural sweet tooths)
- (idiomatic, only in singular) A liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets.
He eats a healthy diet most of the time, but has a sweet tooth when it comes to candy.
- (idiomatic, countable) Someone with a liking for sweet foods.
- The edible fungus Hydnum repandum.
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Translations
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a liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets
someone with a liking for sweet foods
- Catalan: llaminer (ca) m, llépol (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 愛吃甜食/爱吃甜食 (ài chī tiánshí)
- Dutch: liefhebber van zoet m or f, zoetekauw (nl) m
- Erzya: тантюкш (tanťukš)
- Finnish: perso makealle (adjective)
- French: bec sucré (fr) m
- Galician: larpeiro (gl) m, lambón (gl) m
- German: Naschkatze (de) f, Schlecker (de) m, Schleckerin f
- Greek: γλυκατζής (el) m (glykatzís), γλυκατζού f (glykatzoú)
- Hungarian: édesszájú (hu)
- Icelandic: nammigrís, sælgætisgrís m
- Japanese: 甘党 (ja) (あまとう, amatō)
- Old Ruthenian: цꙋкролю́бецъ (cukroljúbecʹ), сладколю́бецъ (sladkoljúbecʹ)
- Portuguese: formiguinha f
- Russian: сладкое́жка (ru) m or f (sladkojéžka), сластёна m or f (slastjóna)
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