"sweet-and-sour" meaning in All languages combined

See sweet-and-sour on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more sweet-and-sour [comparative], most sweet-and-sour [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} sweet-and-sour (comparative more sweet-and-sour, superlative most sweet-and-sour)
  1. (cooking) Having both sweet and sour or tart taste. Categories (topical): Cooking Synonyms: sweet and sour Derived forms: sweet-and-sour sauce Related terms: barbecue sauce Translations (combined sweet and sour taste): ὀξύγλυκυς (oxúglukus) (Ancient Greek), ချိုချဉ် (hkyuihkyany) (Burmese), 甜酸 (tim⁴ syun¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 酸甜 (suāntián) (Chinese Mandarin), 糖醋 (tángcù) (english: sweet and sour) (Chinese Mandarin), 甜酸 (tiánsuān) (english: sweet and slightly sour) (Chinese Mandarin), sladkokyselý (Czech), zoetzuur (Dutch), hapanimelä (Finnish), agridoce (Galician), süßsauer (German), asam manis (Indonesian), koloke (Indonesian), keluyuk (Indonesian), مایخوش (mayhoş) (Ottoman Turkish), ملس (malas) (Persian), agridoce (Portuguese), ки́сло-сла́дкий (kíslo-sládkij) (Russian), sötsur (Swedish), mayhoş (Turkish), ки́сло-соло́дкий (kýslo-solódkyj) (Ukrainian), ви́нний (výnnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sweet-and-sour-en-adj-n2mYc1pi Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 64 36 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 62 38 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'combined sweet and sour taste': 92 8
  2. Having both positive and negative traits, or inspiring conflicting good and bad feelings. Synonyms (inspiring good and bad feelings): bittersweet
    Sense id: en-sweet-and-sour-en-adj-KzudsTPs Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'inspiring good and bad feelings': 13 87

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for sweet-and-sour meaning in All languages combined (5.6kB)

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