swete
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
From French souhaiter (“wish”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
swete
- to wish
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English swēte, swōt.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
swete
- sweet, pleasant-tasting
- sweet in smell
- a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knight's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 3690–3691:
- But first he cheweth greyn and lycorys / To smellen sweete, er he hadde kembd his heer.
- Though first he chews spices and licorice, / To smell sweet before he'd combed his hair.
- pleasant, likeable
- loved, dear, precious
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “swẹ̄t(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-09.
Noun edit
swete (plural swetes)
- sweetness in taste or smell
- pleasantness, euphoria, bliss
References edit
- “swẹ̄te, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-09.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English swāt, from Proto-Germanic *swait-. The vocalism was sometimes influenced by swǣtan.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
swete (plural swetes)
Descendants edit
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
swete
- Alternative form of suet
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
swēte
Usage notes edit
- The sense "cute" is not clearly attested. However, it probably existed, since it occurs in both German süß and Icelandic sætur.
Declension edit
Declension of swēte — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | swēte | swētu, swēto | swēte |
Accusative | swētne | swēte | swēte |
Genitive | swētes | swētre | swētes |
Dative | swētum | swētre | swētum |
Instrumental | swēte | swētre | swēte |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | swēte | swēta, swēte | swētu, swēto |
Accusative | swēte | swēta, swēte | swētu, swēto |
Genitive | swētra | swētra | swētra |
Dative | swētum | swētum | swētum |
Instrumental | swētum | swētum | swētum |
Declension of swēte — Weak