sugar water

See also: sugarwater

English

Etymology

From Middle English sewgyr water, sugour water, water of zuccare.

Noun

sugar water (uncountable)

1. Water sweetened with sugar.

Usage notes

Sugar water is sometimes used as a placebo.

Derived terms

• sugar-water haemolysis test, sugar-water hemolysis test

Translations

water sweetened with sugar

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 糖水 (zh) (tángshuǐ)

• Danish: sukkervand n
• Dutch: suikerwater (nl) n
• Finnish: sokerivesi
• Galician: almibre (gl) m, churume m, chirume m
• Hebrew: מי סוכר
• Spanish: almíbar (es) m
• Swedish: sockervatten n