"candy floss" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkændi ˌflɒs/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-candy floss.wav [US] Forms: candy flosses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} candy floss (usually uncountable, plural candy flosses)
  1. (UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia) Heated sugar spun into thin threads and collected into a mass, usually on a stick. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Sweets Synonyms: cotton candy [Canada, US], fairy floss [Australia] Translations (sweet): spookasem (Afrikaans), غَزْل اَلْبَنَات (ḡazl al-banāt) [masculine] (Arabic), شَعَربَنَات [Gulf-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), حَلَاوَة قُطُن (ḥalāwa guṭun) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), բամբակ (bambak) (Armenian), շաքարե բամբակ (šakʿare bambak) (Armenian), algodón de zucre (Asturian), হাওয়াই মিঠাই (haōẇai miṭhai) (Bengali), হাওয়াই মিষ্টি (haōẇai miśṭi) (Bengali), захарен памук (zaharen pamuk) (Bulgarian), cotó fluix de sucre [masculine] (Catalan), cotó-en-pèl dolç [masculine] (Catalan), 棉花糖 (alt: min⁴ faa¹ tong⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 棉花糖 (miánhuātáng) (Chinese Mandarin), cukrová vata [feminine] (Czech), candyfloss [common-gender] (Danish), suikerspin [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), sukerŝpinaĵo (Esperanto), suhkruvatt (Estonian), sukurvatt [neuter] (Faroese), hattara (Finnish), barbe à papa [feminine] (French), ბამბა (bamba) (Georgian), ბამბის ნაყინი (bambis naq̇ini) (Georgian), Zuckerwatte [feminine] (German), μαλλί της γριάς (mallí tis griás) [neuter] (Greek), મીઠું રૂ (mīṭhũ rū) (Gujarati), שערות סבתא (se'arot sav'ta) [masculine] (Hebrew), צמר גפן מתוק (tsemer geffen matok) [masculine] (Hebrew), बुड्ढी के बाल (buḍḍhī ke bāl) (Hindi), vattacukor (Hungarian), kandífloss (Icelandic), ullarbrjóstsykur [masculine, rare] (Icelandic), sykurfrauð [neuter, rare] (Icelandic), gulali (Indonesian), zucchero filato [masculine] (Italian), 綿菓子 (watagashi) (alt: わたがし) (Japanese), 綿飴 (wataame) (alt: わたあめ) (Japanese), ಬೊಂಬಾಯಿ ಮಿಠಾಯಿ (bombāyi miṭhāyi) (Kannada), 솜사탕 (somsatang) (Korean), cukurvate (Latvian), cukraus vata (Lithuanian), Zockerwatt [feminine] (Luxembourgish), шеќерна волна (šeḱerna volna) (Macedonian), gula kapas (Malay), gulali (Malay), alusmitai (Malay), halwa rambut (Malay), പഞ്ഞി മിഠായി (paññi miṭhāyi) (Malayalam), wūru huka (Maori), хөөсөн чихэр (xöösön čixer) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠬᠥᠭᠡᠰᠦᠨ ᠰᠢᠬᠢᠷ (kögesün sikir) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), candyfloss [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sukkerspinn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), پشمک (pašmak) (Persian), wata cukrowa [feminine] (Polish), algodão-doce (Portuguese), vată de zahăr (Romanian), са́харная ва́та (sáxarnaja váta) [feminine] (Russian), fulufulu suka (Samoan), clòimh mhilis [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), šećerna vuna [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), cukrová vata (Slovak), sladkorna vata [feminine] (Slovene), algodón de azúcar [masculine] (Spanish), sockervadd [common-gender] (Swedish), spunnet socker (Swedish), koton kendi (Tagalog), umikot asukal (Tagalog), பஞ்சு மிட்டாய் (pañcu miṭṭāy) (Tamil), పీచుమిఠాయి (pīcumiṭhāyi) (Telugu), สายไหม (sǎai-mǎi) (Thai), pamuk şekeri (Turkish), pamuk helvası (Turkish), цукрова вата (cukrova vata) (Ukrainian), لچھا (Urdu), kẹo bông (Vietnamese), kẹo bông gòn (Vietnamese), siwgr nyddu (Welsh)

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          "sense": "sweet",
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          "code": "hy",
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          "sense": "sweet",
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          "sense": "sweet",
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          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "haōẇai miṭhai",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "হাওয়াই মিঠাই"
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          "lang": "Bengali",
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          "sense": "sweet",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zaharen pamuk",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "захарен памук"
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "cotó fluix de sucre"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cotó-en-pèl dolç"
        },
        {
          "alt": "min⁴ faa¹ tong⁴⁻²",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "棉花糖"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "miánhuātáng",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "棉花糖"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "sweet",
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "sukerŝpinaĵo"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "sweet",
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          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "sweet",
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          "sense": "sweet",
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        },
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "sweet",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "bamba",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "ბამბა"
        },
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "bambis naq̇ini",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "ბამბის ნაყინი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Zuckerwatte"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mallí tis griás",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "μαλλί της γριάς"
        },
        {
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "mīṭhũ rū",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "મીઠું રૂ"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "se'arot sav'ta",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "שערות סבתא"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tsemer geffen matok",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "צמר גפן מתוק"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "buḍḍhī ke bāl",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "बुड्ढी के बाल"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "vattacukor"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "kandífloss"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "rare"
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          "word": "ullarbrjóstsykur"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "sykurfrauð"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "gulali"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zucchero filato"
        },
        {
          "alt": "わたがし",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "watagashi",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "綿菓子"
        },
        {
          "alt": "わたあめ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "wataame",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "綿飴"
        },
        {
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "bombāyi miṭhāyi",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "ಬೊಂಬಾಯಿ ಮಿಠಾಯಿ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "somsatang",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "솜사탕"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "cukurvate"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "cukraus vata"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Zockerwatt"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "šeḱerna volna",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "шеќерна волна"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "gula kapas"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "gulali"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "alusmitai"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "halwa rambut"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "paññi miṭhāyi",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "പഞ്ഞി മിഠായി"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "wūru huka"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xöösön čixer",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "хөөсөн чихэр"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "kögesün sikir",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠬᠥᠭᠡᠰᠦᠨ ᠰᠢᠬᠢᠷ"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "candyfloss"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sukkerspinn"
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        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "pašmak",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "پشمک"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wata cukrowa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "algodão-doce"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "vată de zahăr"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sáxarnaja váta",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "са́харная ва́та"
        },
        {
          "code": "sm",
          "lang": "Samoan",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "fulufulu suka"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "clòimh mhilis"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "šećerna vuna"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "cukrová vata"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sladkorna vata"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "algodón de azúcar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "sockervadd"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "spunnet socker"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "koton kendi"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "umikot asukal"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "pañcu miṭṭāy",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "பஞ்சு மிட்டாய்"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "pīcumiṭhāyi",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "పీచుమిఠాయి"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sǎai-mǎi",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "สายไหม"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "pamuk şekeri"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "pamuk helvası"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "cukrova vata",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "цукрова вата"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "لچھا"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "kẹo bông"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "kẹo bông gòn"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "sweet",
          "word": "siwgr nyddu"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkændi ˌflɒs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "candy floss"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "candy flosses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "+"
      },
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Georgian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Greek terms with redundant script codes",
        "Hebrew terms with redundant script codes",
        "Irish English",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Sweets"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Heated sugar spun into thin threads and collected into a mass, usually on a stick."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sugar",
          "sugar"
        ],
        [
          "spun",
          "spun"
        ],
        [
          "thread",
          "thread"
        ],
        [
          "collect",
          "collect"
        ],
        [
          "mass",
          "mass"
        ],
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia) Heated sugar spun into thin threads and collected into a mass, usually on a stick."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:sweet"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkændi ˌflɒs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-candy floss.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fb/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-candy_floss.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-candy_floss.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "cotton candy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "word": "fairy floss"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "spookasem"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡazl al-banāt",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "غَزْل اَلْبَنَات"
    },
    {
      "code": "afb",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَعَربَنَات"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥalāwa guṭun",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "حَلَاوَة قُطُن"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bambak",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "բամբակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šakʿare bambak",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "շաքարե բամբակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "algodón de zucre"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "haōẇai miṭhai",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "হাওয়াই মিঠাই"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "haōẇai miśṭi",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "হাওয়াই মিষ্টি"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaharen pamuk",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "захарен памук"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cotó fluix de sucre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cotó-en-pèl dolç"
    },
    {
      "alt": "min⁴ faa¹ tong⁴⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "棉花糖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "miánhuātáng",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "棉花糖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cukrová vata"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "candyfloss"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suikerspin"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "sukerŝpinaĵo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "suhkruvatt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sukurvatt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "hattara"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barbe à papa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "bamba",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "ბამბა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "bambis naq̇ini",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "ბამბის ნაყინი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zuckerwatte"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mallí tis griás",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μαλλί της γριάς"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "mīṭhũ rū",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "મીઠું રૂ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "se'arot sav'ta",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שערות סבתא"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tsemer geffen matok",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "צמר גפן מתוק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "buḍḍhī ke bāl",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "बुड्ढी के बाल"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "vattacukor"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "kandífloss"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "ullarbrjóstsykur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "sykurfrauð"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "gulali"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zucchero filato"
    },
    {
      "alt": "わたがし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "watagashi",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "綿菓子"
    },
    {
      "alt": "わたあめ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wataame",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "綿飴"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "bombāyi miṭhāyi",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "ಬೊಂಬಾಯಿ ಮಿಠಾಯಿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "somsatang",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "솜사탕"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "cukurvate"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "cukraus vata"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zockerwatt"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šeḱerna volna",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "шеќерна волна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "gula kapas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "gulali"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "alusmitai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "halwa rambut"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "paññi miṭhāyi",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "പഞ്ഞി മിഠായി"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "wūru huka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xöösön čixer",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "хөөсөн чихэр"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "kögesün sikir",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠬᠥᠭᠡᠰᠦᠨ ᠰᠢᠬᠢᠷ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "candyfloss"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sukkerspinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pašmak",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "پشمک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wata cukrowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "algodão-doce"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "vată de zahăr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sáxarnaja váta",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "са́харная ва́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "fulufulu suka"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clòimh mhilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "šećerna vuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "cukrová vata"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sladkorna vata"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "algodón de azúcar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sockervadd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "spunnet socker"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "koton kendi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "umikot asukal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "pañcu miṭṭāy",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "பஞ்சு மிட்டாய்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "pīcumiṭhāyi",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "పీచుమిఠాయి"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎai-mǎi",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "สายไหม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "pamuk şekeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "pamuk helvası"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cukrova vata",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "цукрова вата"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "لچھا"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "kẹo bông"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "kẹo bông gòn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "sweet",
      "word": "siwgr nyddu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "candy floss"
}

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