sugar
Signification
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- Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.
- A specific variety of sugar.
- Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.
- A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.
- A term of endearment.
- (slang) Affection shown by kisses or kissing.
- (slang) Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.
- (informal) Diabetes.
- Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance, especially in chemistry.
- Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
- (slang) Heroin.
- (slang) Money.
- Syntactic sugar.
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈʃʊɡə(ɹ)/
Étymologie
From Middle English sugre, sucre, from Middle French sucre, from Old French çucre (circa 13th century), from Old Italian zucchero (or another vernacular of Italy), from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šakar), from Middle Persian [script needed] (škl), 𐫢𐫞𐫡 (šqr /šakar/), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar", originally "grit, gravel”). Akin to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”). Doublet of jaggery and sucro-.
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