sweets

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sweets

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noun

plural plural of sweet

noun

plural, plural only Confectionery, candy.
plural, plural only, slang Drugs, amphetamine.
plural, plural only Sweet-scented flowers. Sweets to the sweet! Farewell. She scatters flowers

noun sweets

A term of endearment; sweetheart. I miss you, sweets.

verb

indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of sweet

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sweetish, sweetened, sugary, sugariness, sugared, saccharine, syrupy, confectionery, confection, dessert, mellifluous, honeyed, fragrant, perfumed, sweet-smelling, scented

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noun confectionery, candy

Español	caramelos, chucherías, dulces
日本語	お菓子 okashi
中文	糖果 tángguǒ, 糖食 tángshí, 甜食 tiánshí
हिन्दी	कैंडी kaiṇḍī
Kiswahili	pipi, lawalawa, peremende
Português	doces
Français	confection, bonbons
Deutsch	Süßigkeiten, Bonbons
Italiano	dolci
Ελληνικά	γλυκά glyká
Română	dulciuri
Русский	сла́дости sládosti, конфе́ты konféty, конди́терские изде́лия kondíterskije izdélija, сла́сти slásti
العربية	حَلْوَيَات ḥalwayāt

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@misc{sweets_2026,
  title = {sweets},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sweets},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}