confection

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
2. The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
3. The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
4. (dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
5. (dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, that is very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also impractical or non-utilitarian.
6. (obsolete) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
7. (obsolete) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.

Verb

To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.

Concetti

confezione

pasta

dolce

dolciumi

manipolazione

paste

dolciume

sinonimi

candy

🍬

sweet

sweets

sweetmeat

confect

concoction

comfit

pastry

dessert

sweet stuff

fix

gentleness

groom

make

manufacture

mildness

pasta

preparation

prepare

produce

sweetness

treat

turn out

confiture

build

ready-made clothing

confectionary

confectionery

conserve

cook up

create

dress

👗

elaborate

electuary

fabrication

Traduzioni

confección

şekerleme

γλύκισμα

konfeksiyon

Bonbon

Konfekt

hazırlama

dulce

bonbon

confiserie

confecção

ζαχαρωτό

Süßware

suikergoed

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Pronunciato come (IPA)

/kənˈfɛkʃən/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: confescioun

In summary

From Middle English confescioun, borrowed from Old French confeccion (French confection), borrowed from Latin cōnfectiōnem, from confectus, past participle of conficere (“prepare”), from com- (“with”) + facere (“to make, do”). Originally "the making by means of ingredients"; sense of "candy or light pastry" predominant since 1500s.