sweetener
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English sweeten
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English sweetener
From sweeten + -er (agent suffix).
Inflected forms:
form: sweeteners
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar.
pos: noun
examples: Some examples of the sweeteners include aspartame, saccharin, sucralose and stevia. The W.H.O.’s announcement contradicts previous studies that have said these sweeteners don’t offer any health benefits but also do not cause harm.
Even as FDA works to develop that plan, consumers continue to be exposed to unsafe food chemicals including not just dyes but also the artificial sweetener aspartame, the white pigment titanium dioxide, the preservative propylparaben, and the phthalate food packaging chemicals, according to CSPI.
gloss: Something given or added to a deal to sweeten another's attitude, especially a bribe or kickback.
pos: noun
tags: informal
gloss: A shill bidder at an auction.
pos: noun
tags: slang
Synonyms: gift and Thesaurus:bribe
Derived words: artificial sweetener
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: versoeter
lang: Albanian
word: sheqer diabetik
lang: Arabic
word: مُحَلِّيّ
roman: muḥalliyy
lang: Armenian
word: շաքարի փոխարինիչ
roman: šakʻari pʻoxariničʻ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dadlandırıcı
lang: Basque
word: gozagarri
lang: Belarusian
word: падсаладжа́льнік
roman: padsaladžálʹnik
lang: Belarusian
word: падсало́днік
roman: padsalódnik
lang: Bengali
word: উৎকোচ
roman: utkōc
lang: Bulgarian
word: подслади́тел
roman: podsladítel
lang: Catalan
word: edulcorant
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 甜味劑 /甜味剂
roman: tiánwèijì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 糖精
roman: tángjīng
lang: Czech
word: sladidlo
lang: Danish
word: sødestof
lang: Dutch
word: zoetstof
lang: Esperanto
word: dolĉigilo
lang: Estonian
word: magusaine
lang: Estonian
word: magustaja
lang: Finnish
word: makeutusaine
lang: French
word: édulcorant
lang: Galician
word: adozante
lang: German
word: Süßstoff
lang: Greek
word: γλυκαντικό
roman: glykantikó
lang: Haitian Creole
word: edulkoran
lang: Hebrew
word: ממתיק
roman: mamtik
lang: Hindi
word: स्वीटनर
roman: svīṭnar
lang: Hungarian
word: édesítőszer
lang: Icelandic
word: sætuefni
lang: Indonesian
word: pemanis
lang: Irish
word: milseoir
lang: Italian
word: dolcificante
lang: Japanese
word: 甘味料
roman: kanmiryō
lang: Korean
word: 감미료
roman: gammiryo
lang: Kyrgyz
word: таттуулук
roman: tattuuluk
lang: Latin
word: dulcedo
lang: Latvian
word: saldinātājs
lang: Lithuanian
word: saldiklis
lang: Macedonian
word: засладувач
roman: zasladuvač
lang: Malay
word: pemanis
lang: Maltese
word: ħlewwa
lang: Manx
word: ooreyder
lang: Mongolian
word: амт оруулагч
roman: amt oruulagč
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: søtningsmiddel
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: søtningsstoff
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: søtstoff
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: søtstoff
lang: Pashto
word: خواږه
roman: khowaga
lang: Persian
word: شیرین کننده
lang: Polish
word: słodzik
lang: Portuguese
word: adoçante
lang: Portuguese
word: edulcorante
lang: Romanian
word: îndulcitor
lang: Romanian
word: zaharină
lang: Russian
word: подсласти́тель
roman: podslastítelʹ
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: mìlseachd
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: заслађивач
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: zaslađivač
lang: Shona
word: shuga
lang: Slovak
word: sladidlo
lang: Slovene
word: sladilo
lang: Sotho
word: natefisa tatso
lang: Spanish
word: edulcorante
lang: Spanish
word: endulzante
lang: Swedish
word: sötningsmedel
lang: Tagalog
word: pangpatamis
lang: Tamil
word: இனிக்கும்
roman: iṉikkum
lang: Telugu
word: తియ్యని
roman: tiyyani
lang: Thai
word: น้ำตาลเทียม
roman: náamtaan thiiam
lang: Turkish
word: tatlandırıcı
lang: Ukrainian
word: підсоло́джувач
roman: pidsolódžuvač
lang: Urdu
word: سویٹنر
roman: svīṭnar
lang: Uzbek
word: shakar oʻrnini
lang: Uzbek
word: bosuvchi modda
lang: Vietnamese
word: chất ngọt
lang: Xhosa
word: nangoku