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Etymology Edit From Middle English sweete swete Old English swēte “ sweet ” ), from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz “ sweet ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂dus “ sweet ” ). Cognate with Scots sweit North Frisian sweete West Frisian swiet Low German sööt Dutch zoet German süß Danish sød Swedish söt Latin suāvis “ sweet ” ).
Pronunciation Edit Adjective Edit sweet (comparative sweeter superlative sweetest
Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar .
a sweet apple
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
Longfellow
The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.
Not decaying , fermented , rancid , sour , spoiled , or stale .
sweet milk
Having a pleasant sound.
a sweet tune
Nathaniel Hawthorne
a voice sweet , tremulous, but powerful
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 soilsweet crude oil
( informal ) Very pleasing ; agreeable .
The new Lexus was a sweet birthday gift.
2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero ”, The Scotsman :
GORDON Strachan enjoyed the sweetest of his 16 matches in charge of Scotland so far as his team enhanced their prospects of Euro 2016 qualification with a crucial and deserved victory over Republic of Ireland.
( 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.
( obsolete ) Fresh ; not salt or brackish .
sweet water(Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.
a sweet face; a sweet colour or complexion
Milton
Sweet interchange / Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
( 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
( having a pleasant taste ) : bitter , sour , salty ( containing a sweetening ingredient ) : nonsweet , sugarless , unsugared , unsweetened , unsweet ( 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 Edit
Terms derived from sweet (adjective)
Translations Edit
having a pleasant taste
Kyrgyz: таттуу tattuu )
Lao: ຫວານ wān )
Latgalian: soldons m
Latin: dulcis suāvis
Latvian: salds (lv)
Lithuanian: saldus
Luganda: please add this translation if you can
Luxembourgish: séiss
Macedonian: сладок sladok )
Malagasy: ankamamina (mg) , mamy (mg)
Malayalam: മധുരം (ml) (madhuraṃ )
Marathi: गोड m goḍa )
Mari:
Eastern Mari: шере šere )
Western Mari: ширӹ širÿ )
Mirandese: doce
Mongolian: амттай amttaj )
Navajo: łikan
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
Romansch: dultsch ( Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan ) doltsch ( Surmiran ) dutsch ( Puter, Vallader )
Russian: сла́дкий (ru) m sládkij )
Sanskrit: मधुर madhura )
Scottish Gaelic: milis mealach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сладак
Roman: sladak
Shona: kutapira
Shor: таамнығ taamnığ )
Sicilian: duci (scn)
Slovak: sladký
Slovene: sladek (sl)
Somali: please add this translation if you can
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: słodki
Southern Altai: тату tatu )
Spanish: dulce (es) , rico (es) , sabroso (es) , gustoso (es)
Swahili: tamu (sw) , pipi (sw)
Swedish: söt (sv)
Tagalog: matamis
Tajik: ширин širin )
Tamil: இனிப்பான iṉippāṉa )
Tatar: татлы tatlı )
Thai: หวาน wăan )
Turkish: tatlı (tr)
Turkmen: datly süýji
Tuvan: чигирзиг čigirzig )
Udmurt: ческыт českyt ), коньыт konʹyt )
Ukrainian: соло́дкий (uk) (solódkyj )
Urdu: میٹھا 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
Xhosa: please add this translation if you can
Yakut: минньигэс minńiges )
Yiddish: זיס zis )
Yoruba: please add this translation if you can
Yucatec Maya: ch'ujuk
Zulu: uswidi
containing a sweetening ingredient
of a wine: retaining a portion of sugar
having a pleasant smell
Korean: 향기롭다 (ko) (hyanggiropda )
Marathi: सुगंध sugandh )
Norwegian: søtlig
Polish: słodki (pl) m
Portuguese: perfumado cheiroso (pt)
Russian: душистый (ru) (dušistyj )
Scottish Gaelic: blasda milis
Spanish: dulce (es) , fragante oloroso (es)
Swahili: tamu (sw) , pipi (sw)
Swedish: behaglig (sv) , doftande (sv) , härlig (sv) , ljuvlig (sv) , mild (sv) , väldoftande (sv)
Thai: หอม hŏm )
not decaying, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale
having a pleasing disposition
Afrikaans: lieflik
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Amharic: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: դուրեկան durekan )
Assamese: please add this translation if you can
Asturian: dulce
Aymara: please add this translation if you can
Azeri: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: мі́лы m míly )
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
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
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: lief (nl) , vriendelijk (nl) , schattig (nl)
Finnish: herttainen suloinen (fi) , mukava (fi)
French: sympathique (fr) , sympa (fr) , doux (fr)
Friulian: please add this translation if you can
Galician: doce (gl)
German: süß (de) , herzig (de) , lieblich (de)
Greek: πράος (el) m práos ), μειλίχιος (el) m meilíchios )
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: מתוק (he) (matok )
Ido: please add this translation if you can
Igbo: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
Interlingua: please add this translation if you can
Interlingue: please add this translation if you can
Irish: caoin
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 ma-eumjota )
Kurdish:
Sorani: xwînşirîn (ku) , şirîn (ku)
Latin: suāvis
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: ми́лый (ru) m mílyj )
Scottish Gaelic: grinn milis
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 älskvärd (sv)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Thai: หวาน wăan )
Yiddish: זיס zis )
having a helpful disposition
free from excessive unwanted substances
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Arabic: (please verify ) حلو ħélu )
Bulgarian: (please verify ) сла́дък m sládǎk )(please verify ) сладка f sladka )(please verify ) сладко n sladko )
Mandarin: (please verify ) 甜 tián )
French: (please verify ) suave (fr) m , f
German: ( 1,2 ) (please verify ) süß
Korean: (please verify ) 단 dan )(please verify ) 깨끗하다 (ko) (kkaekkeuthada )(please verify ) 기분이 좋다 gibuni jota )(please verify ) 맛있다 (ko) (maditda )
Indonesian: ( 1,2 ) (please verify ) manis
Italian: (please verify ) gradevole (please verify ) piacevole (it)
Latin: (please verify ) dulcis
Lithuanian: ( 1 ) (please verify ) saldus m ( 2 ) (please verify ) dailus m ( 3 ) (please verify ) mielas m
Usage notes Edit
Also used as a positive response to good news or information: They're making a sequel? Ah, sweet !
sweet (comparative more sweetsuperlative most sweet
In a sweet manner.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Translations Edit 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 ; darling
Ben Jonson
Wherefore frowns my sweet ?
( obsolete ) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume .
Milton
a wilderness of sweets
( obsolete ) That which is pleasing or welcome to the mind.
the sweets of domestic life
Derived terms Edit Translations Edit
basic taste sensation induced by sugar
— see sweetness
sugary confection
Armenian: կոնֆետ konfet )
Catalan: dolç m llaminadura (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 糖果 (zh) (tángguǒ )
Min Nan: 糖仔餅 thn̂g-á-piáⁿ )
Czech: sladkost f
Danish: konfekt bolsje slik (da)
Dutch: snoep (nl) m , n snoepje (nl) n
Esperanto: sukeraĵo
Finnish: makeinen (fi) , karamelli (fi) , karkki (fi) , namu (fi)
French: friandise (fr) f bonbon (fr) m sucreries (fr) f pl
Galician: doce (gl) m
Georgian: კამფეტი kamp’eti )
German: Süßigkeit (de) f
Greek: καραμέλα (el) f karaméla )
Hebrew: מתוק (he) (matok )
Hungarian: édesség (hu)
Irish: milseán (ga)
Italian: dolcetto m caramella m
Japanese: 糖菓 tōka )
Kurdish:
Sorani: شیرین (ku)
Latvian: saldums m
Luxembourgish: Kamell (lb) f Zockerboun (lb) f
Polish: cukierek (pl) m słodycze (pl) pl
Portuguese: doce (pt) m
Russian: конфе́та (ru) f konféta ), ледене́ц (ru) m ledenéc ), сласть (ru) f slastʹ ), сла́дость (ru) f sládostʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: suiteas m mìlsean m
Spanish: dulce (es) m caramelo (es) m chuche
Swahili: tamu (sw) , pipi (sw)
Swedish: karamell c godsak (sv) c godis (sv) n snask (sv) n sötsak c
Tagalog: matatamis
Telugu: మిఠాయి (te) (miṭhāyi )
Turkish: şeker (tr)
food eaten for dessert
— see dessert
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