sweets en · NOUN
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Meanings
- (plural, plural-only) Confectionery, candy.
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(form-of, plural) plural of sweet
form of sweet
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A term of endearment; sweetheart.
I miss you, sweets.
- (plural, plural-only, slang) Drugs, amphetamine.
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(plural, plural-only) Sweet-scented flowers.
Sweets to the sweet! Farewell. She scatters flowers
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], line 239:...she dropped the flowers which Evelyn had given her. Before she even perceived her loss, the King had picked them up, and was about to give them to her, when he perceived the note, and also observed that the seal was yet unbroken. "Mademoiselle has not had time to read a letter so surrounded by sweets—pray use no ceremony."
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 259:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| sweets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (77)
th ของหวาน (confectionery, candy) · ar حَلْوَيَات (confectionery, candy) · pl słodycze (confectionery, candy) · bg бонбон (confectionery, candy) · gl larpeirada (confectionery, candy) · ca llaminadures (confectionery, candy) · ru конди́терские изде́лия (confectionery, candy) · gl lambuxa (confectionery, candy) · nb godteri (confectionery, candy) · ru сла́сти (confectionery, candy) · hi कैंडी (confectionery, candy) · hu édesség (confectionery, candy) · pl konfiety (confectionery, candy) · pt doces (confectionery, candy) · sw lawalawa (confectionery, candy) · mn амттан (confectionery, candy) · st dipompong (confectionery, candy) · cmn 甜食 (confectionery, candy) · th ขนม (confectionery, candy) · nl snoepgoed (confectionery, candy) · nn snop (confectionery, candy) · fi makeinen (confectionery, candy) · gl ratada (confectionery, candy) · gl zugueira (confectionery, candy) · gl golifada (confectionery, candy) · de Bonbons (confectionery, candy) · cy losin (confectionery, candy) · fr confection (confectionery, candy) · fy snobberij (confectionery, candy) · ms gula-gula (confectionery, candy) · sw pipi (confectionery, candy) · ru сла́дости (confectionery, candy) · cmn 糖食 (confectionery, candy) · sh bomboni (confectionery, candy) · gl meiloada (confectionery, candy) · gl piperete (confectionery, candy) · ga milseáin (confectionery, candy) · ja お菓子 (confectionery, candy) · sw peremende (confectionery, candy) · it dolci (confectionery, candy) · cy candi (confectionery, candy) · de Schleckzeug (confectionery, candy) · la bellāria (confectionery, candy) · gl lambonada (confectionery, candy) · nb snop (confectionery, candy) · ro dulciuri (confectionery, candy) · nl snoep (confectionery, candy) · ps کینډی (confectionery, candy) · es caramelos (confectionery, candy) · la cuppēdia (confectionery, candy) · fr bonbons (confectionery, candy) · hy քաղցրավենիք (confectionery, candy) · uz konfet (confectionery, candy) · ru конфе́ты (confectionery, candy) · ba кәнфит (confectionery, candy) · gd suiteas (confectionery, candy) · gl langoñada (confectionery, candy) · th ขนมหวาน (confectionery, candy) · es chucherías (confectionery, candy) · gl gotroñada (confectionery, candy) · pl karmelki (confectionery, candy) · pl cukierki (confectionery, candy) · gl lambada (confectionery, candy) · es dulces (confectionery, candy) · sv godis (confectionery, candy) · cmn 糖果 (confectionery, candy) · ka ტკბილეული (confectionery, candy) · de Süßigkeiten (confectionery, candy) · ckb شیرینی (confectionery, candy) · ca dulces (confectionery, candy) · nn godteri (confectionery, candy) · be прысмакі (confectionery, candy) · ca caramels (confectionery, candy) · gl canterlo (confectionery, candy) · pl karmele (confectionery, candy) · el γλυκά (confectionery, candy) · gl gaimola (confectionery, candy)