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sweetmeat en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈswiːtmiːt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English swete-mete, from Old English swete mete. By surface analysis, sweet + meat (“food”).

Meanings

1. A sweet delicacy; a confection.
   • At the principal stations there are also separate Hindu and Mohemmedan refreshment rooms, and some mail trains have compartments reserved for Indian tea and sweetmeat vendors. 1950 February, W. Dendy, “Impressions of the Indian Railways—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 119:
2. (informal) Sweetheart; darling.
   • “Hey, sweetmeat, where you been?” Farrengalli hollered. 2010, Scott Nicholson, The Gorge:

Forms

Translations (29)

fa ویلانج (sweet delicacy) · ru сла́дость (sweet delicacy) · de Süßwaren (sweet delicacy) · es dulce (sweet delicacy) · la bellāria (sweet delicacy) · la cuppēdia (sweet delicacy) · fi makeinen (sweet delicacy) · es golosina (sweet delicacy) · io bonbono (sweet delicacy) · nl suikerwaren (sweet delicacy) · fa آفروشه (sweet delicacy) · ga póirín guma (sweet delicacy) · io sukrajo (sweet delicacy) · no søtsaker (sweet delicacy) · de Süßigkeiten (sweet delicacy) · sw halua (sweet delicacy) · fr friandise (sweet delicacy) · nl zoetigheid (sweet delicacy) · tl kumpites (sweet delicacy) · cmn 甜食 (sweet delicacy) · cmn 糖果 (sweet delicacy) · uk со́лодощі (sweet delicacy) · cmn 甜點 /甜点 (sweet delicacy) · de Süßspeisen (sweet delicacy) · pt guloseima (sweet delicacy) · bn মিষ্টান্ন (sweet delicacy) · sv sötsak (sweet delicacy) · sa गौड (sweet delicacy) · bg бонбон (sweet delicacy)