"confection" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kənˈfɛkʃən/ Audio: en-us-confection.ogg Forms: confections [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English confescioun, borrowed from Old French confeccion (French confection), borrowed from Latin cōnfectiōnem, from confectus, past participle of conficere (“prepare”), from com- (“with”) + facere (“to make, do”). Originally "the making by means of ingredients"; sense of "candy or light pastry" predominant since 1500s. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|confescioun}} Middle English confescioun, {{der|en|fro|confeccion}} Old French confeccion, {{der|en|la|confectio|cōnfectiōnem}} Latin cōnfectiōnem Head templates: {{en-noun}} confection (plural confections)
  1. A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake. Categories (topical): Sweets Translations (food item): suikergoed (Afrikaans), ëmbëlsirë (Albanian), γλύκυσμα (glúkusma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), حَلْوَى (ḥalwā) [feminine] (Arabic), сладкиш (sladkiš) (Bulgarian), бонбон (bonbon) (Bulgarian), 糖果 (tángguǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), 蜜餞 (Chinese Mandarin), 蜜饯 (mìjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 糖食 (tángshí) (Chinese Mandarin), godbid (Danish), suikergoed (Dutch), makeat herkut [plural] (Finnish), makeinen (english: candy) (Finnish), leivos (english: pastry) (Finnish), kakku (english: cake) (Finnish), sucrerie [feminine] (French), friandise [feminine] (French), pâtisserie [feminine] (French), bonbon [masculine] (French), doce [masculine] (Galician), ტკბილეულობა (ṭḳbileuloba) (Georgian), Konfekt [neuter] (German), Bonbon [masculine, neuter] (German), γλύκισμα (glýkisma) [neuter] (Greek), édesség (Hungarian), olahan gula (Indonesian), milseog [feminine] (Irish), sólas [masculine] (Irish), sócamas [masculine] (Irish), dolce [masculine] (Italian), pasticcino [masculine] (Italian), お菓子 (okashi) (alt: おかし) (Japanese), コンフェクション (konfekushon) (Japanese), 과자 (gwaja) (Korean), gula-gula (Malay), کونفيکسي (konfeksi) (Malay), konfekt [masculine] (Norwegian), حلوا (helva) (Ottoman Turkish), słodycze [plural] (Polish), confeito [masculine] (Portuguese), сла́дости (sládosti) [feminine, plural] (Russian), конфе́ты (konféty) [feminine, plural] (Russian), конди́терские изде́лия (kondíterskije izdélija) [neuter, plural] (Russian), сла́сти (slásti) [feminine, plural] (Russian), गौड (gauḍa) [neuter] (Sanskrit), golosina [feminine] (Spanish), dulce [masculine] (Spanish), confite [masculine] (Spanish), konfekt [common-gender] (Swedish), sötsak [common-gender] (Swedish), matamis (Tagalog), şekerleme (Turkish), konfeksiyon (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-confection-en-noun-Q6vQrV2F Disambiguation of Sweets: 23 5 5 5 5 23 23 10 Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 8 11 15 11 13 13 18 Disambiguation of 'food item': 80 2 4 4 3 3 4
  2. The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
    Sense id: en-confection-en-noun-Q9JUo-RE
  3. The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
    Sense id: en-confection-en-noun-Ps5ELFVl Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 9 9 12 15 11 13 13 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 8 11 15 11 13 13 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 9 7 12 15 11 16 16 15
  4. (dated) An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-confection-en-noun-C6Ut1gW1 Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 9 9 12 15 11 13 13 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 8 11 15 11 13 13 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 9 7 12 15 11 16 16 15
  5. (dated) Something, such as a garment or a decoration, that is very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also impractical or non-utilitarian. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-confection-en-noun-NvGXEIq8 Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 9 9 12 15 11 13 13 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 8 11 15 11 13 13 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 9 7 12 15 11 16 16 15
  6. (pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
    (obsolete, medicine) A medicinal preparation of any kind, a compound of drugs.
    Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Medicine, Pharmacology, Sweets
    Sense id: en-confection-en-noun-LLmKyF5M Disambiguation of Sweets: 23 5 5 5 5 23 23 10 Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 9 9 12 15 11 13 13 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 8 11 15 11 13 13 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 9 7 12 15 11 16 16 15 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  7. (pharmacology) A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
    (obsolete) A deadly poison.
    Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Pharmacology, Sweets
    Sense id: en-confection-en-noun-4qoyuz5x Disambiguation of Sweets: 23 5 5 5 5 23 23 10 Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 9 9 12 15 11 13 13 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 8 11 15 11 13 13 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 9 7 12 15 11 16 16 15 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: confect, confectionary, confectionery, confectioner, confectioners' sugar

Verb

IPA: /kənˈfɛkʃən/ Audio: en-us-confection.ogg Forms: confections [present, singular, third-person], confectioning [participle, present], confectioned [participle, past], confectioned [past]
Etymology: From Middle English confescioun, borrowed from Old French confeccion (French confection), borrowed from Latin cōnfectiōnem, from confectus, past participle of conficere (“prepare”), from com- (“with”) + facere (“to make, do”). Originally "the making by means of ingredients"; sense of "candy or light pastry" predominant since 1500s. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{inh|en|enm|confescioun}} Middle English confescioun, {{der|en|fro|confeccion}} Old French confeccion, {{der|en|la|confectio|cōnfectiōnem}} Latin cōnfectiōnem Head templates: {{en-verb}} confection (third-person singular simple present confections, present participle confectioning, simple past and past participle confectioned)
  1. To make into a confection, prepare as a confection. Categories (topical): Sweets
    Sense id: en-confection-en-verb-hSXBQuZ2 Disambiguation of Sweets: 23 5 5 5 5 23 23 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 13 14 6 7 10 10 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 10 11 13 7 9 9 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 11 10 12 10 12 12 12 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 11 10 12 10 12 12 12 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 9 9 12 15 11 13 13 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 11 10 12 10 10 14 14 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 10 12 10 12 12 12 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 10 9 10 8 15 10 10 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 12 13 8 11 11 11 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 10 12 10 13 12 12 21 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 11 13 8 10 11 11 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 10 10 12 10 12 12 12 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 13 9 10 12 12 13 13 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 11 13 9 12 11 11 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 11 12 11 9 12 12 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 9 10 11 13 12 12 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 11 10 12 10 12 12 12 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 10 10 12 10 12 12 12 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 12 12 8 9 13 13 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 12 12 8 10 11 11 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 10 10 12 10 12 12 12 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 11 10 12 10 12 12 12 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 8 11 15 11 13 13 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 10 10 12 10 13 12 12 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 9 7 12 15 11 16 16 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 10 14 9 12 11 11 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 10 12 10 13 12 12 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 12 12 8 11 11 11 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 9 12 13 9 10 11 11 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 11 12 8 8 10 10 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 10 10 12 10 13 12 12 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 10 10 12 10 12 12 12 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 10 10 12 9 11 14 14 21

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