sugar
A food consisting of small, sweet crystals, principally of sucrose, obtained from…A food consisting of small, sweet crystals, principally of sucrose, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used as sweetener and preservative.
» Put in a little more sugar.
Gib etwas mehr Zucker hinein.
Geben Sie etwas mehr Zucker hinein.
Gebt etwas mehr Zucker hinein.
Добавь ещё немного сахара.
Поклади трохи більше цукру.
Додай ще трохи цукру.
Додайте ще трохи цукру.
Meaning
14 senses(uncountable)A food consisting of small, sweet crystals, principally of sucrose, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used as sweetener and preservative.
Zucker
са́харsáxar
цу́корcúkor
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
(countable)Any specific variety of sugar.
(countable)Any of various small, water-soluble carbohydrates such as are used by organisms for energy and various other purposes.
Zucker
са́харsáxar
цу́корcúkor
(countable)A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.
He usually has his coffee white with one sugar.
(countable, uncountable)A bowl or other container of sugar.
Pass the sugar, please
(countable)A term of endearment.
I'll be with you in a moment, sugar.
(slang, uncountable)Affection shown by kisses or kissing.
(Southern, US, slang, uncountable)Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.
I think John has a little bit of sugar in him.
(informal, uncountable)Diabetes.
(countable, dated, uncountable)Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance, especially in chemistry.
Sugar of lead (lead acetate) is a poisonous white crystalline substance with a sweet taste.
(countable, uncountable)Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
(US, slang, uncountable)Heroin.
Examples
932 sentencesPut in a little more sugar.
Поклади трохи більше цукру.
ruДобавь ещё немного сахара.
deGib etwas mehr Zucker hinein.
I need a bit of sugar.
Мені потрібно трохи цукру.
ruМне нужно немного сахара.
Coffee, please, with cream and sugar.
Каву із вершками та цукром, будь ласка.
ruПожалуйста, кофе со сливками и сахаром.
deEinen Kaffee mit Zucker und Kaffeesahne, bitte.
How much sugar do you use?
Скільки ти додаєш цукру?
deWie viel Zucker verwendest du?
Add a bit of sugar, please.
Додайте трохи цукру, будь ласка.
ruДобавь немного сахара, пожалуйста.
deGib bitte ein bisschen Zucker dazu.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English sugre, borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old ItaInherited from Middle English sugre, borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). Akin to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”), whence the words crocodile and krokodil are derived. Doublet of jaggery and sucro-.
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Forms
plural: sugarsSynonyms
141 synonyms- a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative:refined sugar
- an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain:carbohydratesaccharide
- informal terms for money:boodlebreadcabbageclamsdinerodoughgeltkale
Word family
176 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- put sugar in
- sugar in my
- how much sugar
- much sugar
- coffee without sugar
- put sugar
- without sugar
- too much sugar
- sugar in his
- some sugar
- lot of sugar
- of sugar in