"sweetmeat" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈswiːtmiːt/ Forms: sweetmeats [plural]
Etymology: sweet + meat (“food”) Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sweet|meat|t2=food}} sweet + meat (“food”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sweetmeat (plural sweetmeats)
  1. A sweet delicacy; a confection. Translations (sweet delicacy): মিষ্টান্ন (miśṭanno) (Bengali), бонбон (bonbon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), zoetigheid (Dutch), suikerwaren [plural] (Dutch), makeinen (Finnish), friandise [feminine] (French), Süßigkeiten (German), Süßwaren (German), Süßspeisen (German), sukrajo (Ido), bonbono (Ido), póirín guma [masculine] (Irish), cuppēdia [neuter, plural] (Latin), bellāria [neuter, plural] (Latin), søtsaker [plural] (Norwegian), آفروشه (âfruše) (Persian), ویلانج (vilânj) (Persian), guloseima [feminine] (Portuguese), сла́дость (sládostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), गौड (gauḍa) [neuter] (Sanskrit), golosina [feminine] (Spanish), dulce [masculine] (Spanish), halua (Swahili), sötsak [common-gender] (Swedish), kumpites (Tagalog), со́лодощі (sólodošči) [plural] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sweetmeat-en-noun-PZM98ybO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'sweet delicacy': 98 2
  2. (informal) Sweetheart; darling. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-sweetmeat-en-noun-ZGo2L9IN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sweatmeat [obsolete]

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