Meaning

6 senses
  1. (uncountable)The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.

    the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

  2. (India, UK, countable, especially)A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.

    Süßigkeit, Bonbon

    конфе́таkonféta, ледене́цledenéc, сластьslastʹ

    цуке́ркаcukérka

  3. (UK, countable, especially)A food eaten for dessert.

    Can we see the sweet menu, please?

    a food rich in sugar

  4. (countable, uncountable)Synonym of sweetheart, a term of affection.

    Good evening, my sweet.

  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.

  6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.

Examples

1182 sentences
  1. I feel like eating something sweet.

    Мені хочеться з'їсти чогось солодкого. — deniko

    ruХочется съесть чего-нибудь сладенького. — sharptoothed

    deIch würde gerne was Süßes essen. — Vortarulo

  2. Pretty flowers do not necessarily smell sweet.

    Гарні квіти не обов'язково солодко пахнуть. — uaspeaker

    ruКрасивые цветы не обязательно сладко пахнут. — Hellerick

    deHübsche Blumen duften nicht unbedingt süß. — raggione

  3. This tea is too sweet for me.

    Цей чай для мене засолодкий. — deniko

    ruЭтот чай для меня слишком сладкий. — marafon

  4. This tea isn't sweet enough for me.

    Цей чай недостатньо солодкий для мене. — deniko

    ruЭтот чай для меня недостаточно сладкий. — marafon

    deDieser Tee ist mir nicht süß genug. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I tried the cake, but it was too sweet for me.

    Я спробувала торт, але він був надто солодким для мене. — Ahha

    ruЯ попробовал торт, но он был для меня слишком сладким. — Ooneykcall

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
sugary confection:
Русский
By meaning 1
sugary confection:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sugary confection:

Origin

From Middle English soot, sweete, swete, swoote, from Old English swēte, swoete, swōt, swœ

From Middle English soot, sweete, swete, swoote, from Old English swēte, swoete, swōt, swœ̄te (“sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus (“sweet”), from *sweh₂d- (“sweet”) + *-us.

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Forms

plural: sweets
Singularsweet
Pluralsweets

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
food that is high in sugar content:candyA1confectionC2bonbonconfectionerylolly
food eaten for dessert:dessertA2
sweet taste sensation:sweetness
Close in meaning
  • the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth:sweetnesssugariness
  • a food rich in sugar:confection
  • English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912):Henry Sweet
  • the property of tasting as if it contains sugar:sweetness
  • a dish served as the last course of a meal:dessertafters

Word family

13 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a sweet tooth
  • is really sweet
  • sweet tooth
  • is too sweet
  • really sweet
  • smell sweet
  • sweet potatoes
  • have a sweet
  • sweet guy
  • is very sweet
  • something sweet
  • is a sweet

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sweet — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto