noun · countable / uncountable · rare

confectionary

confectionary · confectionaries

сладости, кондитерские изделия, кондитерская фабрика

Confiserie, Süßwaren, Konfekt

A candy, sweetmeat; a confectionA candy, sweetmeat; a confection.

US/kənfˈɛkʃənˌɛɹi/

» I don't know how to get to the confectionary.

Meaning

3 senses

(countable, uncountable)A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)One who makes confections; a confectioner.
a confectioner's shop

Examples

4 sentences

I don't know how to get to the confectionary.
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Which confectionary do you prefer, "Mushroom Mountain" or "Bamboo Village"?
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I eat Japanese pumpkin confectionaries.
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The Spanish officers had provided music for their entertainment, and oranges and confectionary were handed about.
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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Late Latin cōnfectiōnārius (“one who prepares things by means of ingredients”), from

From Late Latin cōnfectiōnārius (“one who prepares things by means of ingredients”), from Latin cōnfectiō (“preparing, producing”). See confection. By surface analysis, confection + -ary.

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