sweet

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Tasting of sugars.
2. Retaining a portion of sugar.
3. Not of a salty taste.
4. Of a pleasant smell.
5. Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
6. Of a pleasant sound.
7. Of a pleasing disposition.
8. Of a helpful disposition.
9. Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.
10. (informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.
11. (Australia, slang) Doing well; in a good or happy position.
12. (informal) Romantically fixated; enamored with; fond of.
13. Fresh; not salt or brackish.
14. (UK, dated) Alkaline.
15. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.
16. An intensifier.

Intj

Used as a positive response to good news or information.

Adv

In a pleasant manner.

Noun

1. (uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
2. (India, UK, countable, especially) A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.
3. (UK, countable, especially) A food eaten for dessert.
4. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of sweetheart, a term of affection.
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.

Verb

To sweeten.

Sinonieme

candy

🍬

pleasant

lovely

tasty

delicious

😋

sugary

soft

gentle

agreeable

confection

sweetness

nice

cute

good

👍

fragrant

dessert

tender

charming

pleasing

delightful

melodious

fresh

dulcet

honeyed

bonbon

sweetmeat

mellifluous

darling

precious

pretty

sweet-sounding

odoriferous

scented

adorable

afters

kind

gratifying

beautiful

odorous

perfumed

musical

aromatic

dear

saccharine

salty

dainty

pudding

sugar

goody

harmonious

Vertalings

dulce

doux

dolce

sucré

süß

dolç

zoet

doce

şirîn

γλυκός

bonbon

lieblich

friandise

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/swiːt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: swete

Geërf van Old English: swēte

Verwante met Skots: sweit

Verwante met Noord-Fries: sweete

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: swäit

Verwante met Fries: swiet

Verwante met Nederlands: zoet

Verwante met Duits: süß

Verwante met Deens: sød

Verwante met Sweeds: söt

Verwante met Noors: søt

Verwante met Yslands: sætur

Verwante met Latyn: suāvis

Verwante met Sanskrit: स्वादु

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: ἡδύς

In summary

From Middle English swete, from Old English swēte (“sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus (“sweet”).
Cognate and synonymous with Scots sweit (“sweet”), North Frisian sweete (“sweet”), Saterland Frisian swäit (“sweet”), West Frisian swiet (“sweet”), Dutch zoet (“sweet”), German Low German sööt (“sweet”), German süß (“sweet”), Danish sød (“sweet”), Swedish söt (“sweet”), Norwegian søt (“sweet”), Icelandic sætur (“sweet”), Latin suāvis, Sanskrit स्वादु (svādú), Ancient Greek ἡδύς (hēdús). Doublet of suave.