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.
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» He added a little sugar to the coffee.
Er gab etwas Zucker in den Kaffee. — sigfrido
Он добавил в кофе немного сахара. — sharptoothed
Он добавил немного сахара в кофе. — marafon
Він додав трохи цукру до кави. — ascolto
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Examples
921 sentencesHe added a little sugar to the coffee.
Він додав трохи цукру до кави. — ascolto
ruОн добавил в кофе немного сахара. — sharptoothed
deEr gab etwas Zucker in den Kaffee. — sigfrido
He added a little sugar and milk to his tea.
Він додав трохи цукру та молока до чаю. — deniko
ruОн добавил в чай немного сахара и молока. — Hellerick
deEr mischte sich etwas Zucker und Milch in den Tee. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Pass the sugar, please.
Передай цукор, будь ласка. — older
ruПередай, пожалуйста, сахар. — kobylkin
deGib mir bitte den Zucker. — MUIRIEL
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
(countable)A term of endearment.
I'll be with you in a moment, sugar.
(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.
More meanings 11
(countable, uncountable)A bowl or other container of sugar.
Pass the sugar, please
(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
(informal, uncountable)Diabetes.
(countable, uncountable)Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
(countable, uncountable)Syntactic 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.
(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.
- a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative
- 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
- informal terms for money
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
137 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
172 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- put sugar in
- how much sugar
- much sugar
- coffee without sugar
- put sugar
- without sugar
- too much sugar
- lot of sugar
- some sugar
- of sugar in
- cup of sugar
- buy some sugar
See also
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