confectionery
Meaning
- (uncountable, usually) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.
- (uncountable, usually) The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner.
- (uncountable, usually) A store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.
Synonyms
confectioner’s shop
candy shop
tuck-shop
pastry making
Translations
confitería
confeitaria
Konditorei
ζαχαροπλαστείο
pasticceria
banketbakkerij koekbakkerij
سكاكر
pastisseria
pâtisserie confiseriePronounced as (IPA)
/kənˈfɛkʃənəɹi/
Etymology
From confectioner + -y.
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