"sweetie" meaning in All languages combined

See sweetie on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈswiːti/ [UK], /ˈswi.ɾi/ [US] Audio: en-us-sweetie.ogg [US] Forms: sweeties [plural]
Rhymes: -iːti Etymology: From sweet + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sweet|ie}} sweet + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} sweetie (plural sweeties)
  1. (often as a term of address) A person who is much loved. Tags: often, term-of-address Categories (lifeform): Citrus subfamily plants Synonyms: honey, sweetheart, sweetie pie
    Sense id: en-sweetie-en-noun-KuqN8Ga1 Disambiguation of Citrus subfamily plants: 61 3 29 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms of address, English terms suffixed with -ie, Hybrids Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 1 29 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 75 1 15 10 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 79 2 13 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 67 2 17 14 Disambiguation of Hybrids: 56 3 36 6
  2. A sweetheart.
    Sense id: en-sweetie-en-noun-7MOAkGHG
  3. A fruit that is a crossbreed between a grapefruit and a pomelo, originating in Israel. Synonyms: oroblanco Translations (type of fruit): sweetie (Dutch), sweetie (Finnish), פומלית (pomelit) [feminine] (Hebrew), sweetie (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sweetie-en-noun-27hJH~u2 Disambiguation of 'type of fruit': 0 0 100 0
  4. (childish, UK) A sweet; a candy. Tags: UK, childish
    Sense id: en-sweetie-en-noun-sKUtk3gb Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sweety

Noun [Jamaican Creole]

Forms: sweetie dem [plural], sweetie [quantified]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from English sweetie. Etymology templates: {{ubor|jam|en|sweetie}} Unadapted borrowing from English sweetie Head templates: {{head|jam|nouns|10=|head=sweetie}} sweetie, {{jam-noun}} sweetie (plural sweetie dem, quantified sweetie)
  1. sweetie
    Sense id: en-sweetie-jam-noun-ijIkvjjn Categories (other): Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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