sweet
Part of speech: adj
intj
adv
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: beverages
chemistry
food
geography
geology
lifestyle
mineralogy
natural-sciences
oenology
physical-sciences
wine
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d-
Proto-Indo-European *-us
Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus
Proto-Germanic *swōtuz
Proto-Germanic *-jaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ī
Proto-West Germanic *swōtī
Old English swēte
Middle English swete
English sweet
From Middle English soot, sweete, swete, swoote, from Old English swēte, swoete, swōt, swœ̄te (“sweet”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtī, from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz (“sweet”), from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus (“sweet”), from *sweh₂d- (“sweet”) + *-us.
Cognates
Cognate with Yola sweet (“sweet”), Saterland Frisian swäit (“sweet”), West Frisian swiet (“sweet”), Alemannic German süeß (“sweet”), Bavarian siaß (“sweet; cute”), Central Franconian söß (“sweet”), Dutch zoet (“sweet”), German süss, süß (“sweet; cute”), Limburgish söüt (“sweet; cute”), Low German seut, sööt (“sweet”), Luxembourgish séiss (“sweet”), Vilamovian ziss (“sweet”), Yiddish זיס (zis, “sweet; cute”), Danish sød (“sweet; cute, pretty”), Faroese søtur (“sweet”), Icelandic sætur (“sweet; cute, pretty”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk søt (“sweet; cute”), Swedish söt (“sweet; cute”); also Latin suāvis (“delicious, pleasant, sweet”), Ancient Greek ἡδύς (hēdús, “sweet; pleasant; glad, pleased”), Albanian shije (“flavour, taste”), Lithuanian sūdyti (“to add salt; to brine, souse”), Armenian քաղցր (kʻaġcʻr, “sweet”), Tocharian A swār (“sweet”), Tocharian B swāre (“sweet, tender”), Sanskrit स्वादु (svādú, “delicious, palatable, savoury, sweet, tasty; dainty, delicate”). Doublet of suave.
Inflected forms:
form: sweeter
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: sweetest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: sweete
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: sweete
pos: intj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: more sweet
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most sweet
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: sweete
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: sweets
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sweete
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Tasting of sugars.
pos: adj
examples: a sweet apple
A few types of molecules get sensed by receptors on the tongue. Protons coming off of acids ping receptors for "sour." Sugars get received as "sweet." Bitter, salty, and the proteinaceous flavor umami all set off their own neural cascades.
gloss: Retaining a portion of sugar.
pos: adj
examples: Sweet wines are better dessert wines.
gloss: Not of a salty taste.
pos: adj
examples: sweet butter
gloss: Having a pleasant smell; fragrant.
pos: adj
examples: a sweet scent
Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, / I will give them all back again.
gloss: Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
pos: adj
examples: sweet milk
gloss: Of a pleasant sound.
pos: adj
examples: a sweet tune
Smooth jazz music has sweet drum beats and cymbals!
The cicale above in the lime, / And the lizards below in the grass, / Were as silent as ever old Tmolus was, / Listening to my sweet pipings.
a voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful
gloss: Of a pleasing disposition.
pos: adj
examples: a sweet child
It was sweet of her to send some roses for her unwell grandmother.
You're so sweet!
There's something tragic, but almost pure / Think I could love you, but I'm not sure / There's something wholesome, there's something sweet / Tucked in your eyes that I'd love to meet
gloss: Of a helpful disposition.
pos: adj
examples: It was sweet of him to help out.
gloss: Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.
pos: adj
examples: sweet gas
sweet soil
sweet crude oil
gloss: Very pleasing; agreeable.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: The new Lexus was a sweet birthday gift.
Her crew knew that deep in her heart beat engines fit and able to push her blunt old nose ahead at a sweet fourteen knots, come Hell or high water.
14 November 2014, Steven Haliday, Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero
GORDON Strachan enjoyed the sweetest of his 16 matches in charge of Scotland so far as his team enhanced their prospects of Euro 2016 qualification with a crucial and deserved victory over Republic of Ireland.
gloss: Doing well; in a good or happy position.
pos: adj
tags: Australia
slang
examples: "Visit in two days though," said Tommo. "Hang in there mate, got a joey coming, we'll be sweet then."
gloss: Romantically fixated; enamored with; fond of.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: The attraction was mutual and instant; they were sweet on one another from first sight.
gloss: Fresh; not salt or brackish.
pos: adj
examples: sweet water
The white of an egg, or blood mingled with salt water, doth gather the saltness and maketh the water sweeter; this may be by adhesion.
Nothing has been found so effectual for preserving water sweet at sea, during long voyages, as charring the insides of the casks well before they are filled.
gloss: Alkaline.
pos: adj
tags: UK
dated
gloss: Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.
pos: adj
examples: a sweet face
a sweet colour or complexion
Sweet interchange / Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
gloss: An intensifier.
pos: adj
examples: For someone who hadn't seen her only sister in over twenty years, Alice sure took her sweet time.
gloss: Used as a positive response to good news or information.
pos: intj
examples: They're making a sequel? Ah, sweet!
gloss: In a pleasant manner.
pos: adv
examples: Go down beside thy native rill,
⁠On thy Parnassus set thy feet,
⁠And hear thy laurel whisper sweet
About the ledges of the hill.
gloss: The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.
pos: noun
tags: India
UK
countable
especially
gloss: A food eaten for dessert.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
especially
examples: Can we see the sweet menu, please?
gloss: Synonym of sweetheart, a term of affection.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: VVherefore frovvnes my ſvveet? / Haue I too long bene abſent from theſe lips, / This cheeke, theſe eyes?
"You think that I'll take anything."
"I know you will, sweet..."
"There wasn't going to be any of that. You promised there wouldn't be."
"Well, there is now," she said sweetly.
Good evening, my sweet.
gloss: That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: a wilderness of sweets
gloss: Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: Fear's fire to fervency, which makes love's sweet prove nectar.
Synonyms: nectareal
nectarean
nectarine
nectarous
sappy
sweet
sweetsome
Antonyms: bitter
sour
salty
nonsweet
sugarless
unsugared
unsweetened
unsweet
dry
decaying
fermented
rancid
spoiled
stale
savoury
lame
uncool
Related words: sweetness
Derived words: antisweet
birdsweet
bittersweet
boiled sweet
Chinese fermented sweet rice
Chinese sweet fermented rice
ensweeten
eye-sweet
fermented sweet rice
flower-sweet
Guthrie's sweet whiskey
home sweet home
honey-sweet
keep someone sweet
meadowsweet
meadsweet
money won is twice as sweet as money earned
one more time for the sweet souvenir
oversweet
revenge is sweet
semi-sweet
semisweet
semisweetness
short and sweet
sickeningly sweet
sickly sweet
sickly-sweet
sooterkin
sour-sweet
sticky-sweet
sugar-sweet
summersweet
supersweet
sweet 13
sweet 15
sweet 16
sweet 17
sweet acacia
sweet-after-death
sweet alison
sweet almond
sweet alyssum
sweet-amber
sweet-and-sour
sweet and sour
sweet-and-sour sauce
sweet anise
sweet annie
sweet Annie
sweet as
sweet as a nut
sweet as candy
sweet as pie
sweet azalea
sweet ball
sweet balm
sweet band
sweet basil
sweet bay
sweet bean sauce
sweet bells
sweet birch
sweet bread
sweetbread
sweet-breare
sweet-breasted
sweet briar
sweetbriar
sweet-briar
sweetbrier
sweet-brier
sweet brier
sweet bursaria
sweet butter
sweetcakes
sweet calabash
sweet cassava
sweet cheeks
sweetcheeks
sweet cherry
sweet chestnut
sweet chocolate
sweet cicely
sweet cider
sweet clover
sweet coltsfoot
sweet corn
sweet-corn
sweetcorn
sweet cream
sweet crude
sweet cup
sweetcure
sweet dreams
sweet elder
sweeten
sweetener
sweet F A
sweet FA
sweetfaced
sweet Fanny Adams
sweet fenugreek
sweet fermented rice
sweet fern
sweet fifteen
sweet flag
sweet four o'clock
sweet fuck all
sweetful
sweet gale
sweet goldenrod
sweet grass
sweetgrass
Sweet Grass County
sweetgum
sweet gum
sweet gum tree
sweet hereafter
Sweet Home
sweet horsemint
sweet iron
sweetish
sweet Jesus
sweet John
sweet Judas
sweetkin
sweet-leaf
sweetleaf
sweet leaf
sweet lemon
sweet lime
sweet limetta
sweetlips
sweetly
sweet marjoram
sweet Mary
sweet Mary mother of God
sweet maudlin
sweetmeal
sweetmeat
sweet melon
sweet milk
sweet Moses
sweet mother of God
sweet mother of Jesus
sweet mother of Moses
sweet mother of pearl
sweet-Nancy
sweet-natured
sweetness
sweetnik
sweet nothing
sweet nothings
sweet oil
sweet on
sweet orange
sweet osmanthus
sweetpea
sweet pea
sweet pepper
sweet pepperbush
sweet pickle
sweet pole
sweet potato
sweet rice
sweet rice wine
sweet rocket
sweet roll
sweetroot
sweet rush
sweet rye bread
sweets
sweet savage romance
sweet savagery
sweet scabious
sweet-scented joe-pye weed
sweet science
sweet seventeen
sweet shaggytuft
sweet shrimp
sweetshrub
sweet shrub
Sweet Sixteen
sweet sixteen
sweet-smelling
sweet smell of success
sweetsome
sweetsop
sweet-sop
sweet sorghum
sweet spirits of nitre
sweet-spoken
sweet spot
sweetstuff
sweet sultan
sweet summer child
sweet-talk
sweet talk
sweet talker
sweet tea
sweet-tempered
sweet thirteen
sweet thorn
sweet-throated
sweet tooth
sweet-toothed
sweet unicorn plant
sweet vermouth
sweet vernal grass
sweet vetch
sweetvetch
sweet violet
sweet water
sweetwater
Sweetwater
sweet wattle
sweetweed
sweet whiskey
sweet william
Sweet William
sweetwood
sweet woodruff
sweet wormwood
sweetwort
sweety
sweet yarrow
sweet young thing
swicy
take one's sweet little time
take one's sweet time
take the bitter with the sweet
Thai fermented sweet rice
Thai sweet fermented rice
unsweet
Vietnamese fermented sweet rice
wild sweet potato
winter sweet
wintersweet
sweetbox
sweetie
cough sweet
milk sweet
penny sweet
spoon sweet
sweetery
sweetless
sweetling
sweetmaker
sweetmaking
sweet shop
sweetshop
throat sweet
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: soet
lang: Afrikaans
word: soeterig
lang: Albanian
word: i ëmbël
lang: Albanian
word: amelt (gheg)
lang: Amharic
word: ጣፋጭ
roman: ṭafač̣
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܚܸܠܝܵܐ
roman: ḥilyā
lang: Armenian
word: քաղցր
roman: kʻaġcʻr
lang: Aromanian
word: dultsi
lang: Asturian
word: dulce
lang: Azerbaijani
word: dadlı
lang: Azerbaijani
word: şirin
lang: Basque
word: gozoa
lang: Belarusian
word: сало́дкі
roman: salódki
lang: Bengali
word: মিঠা
roman: miṭha
lang: Central Bikol
word: mahamis
lang: Breton
word: dous
lang: Breton
word: c'hwek
lang: Bulgarian
word: сла́дък
roman: sládǎk
lang: Burmese
word: ချို
roman: hkyui
lang: Catalan
word: dolç
lang: Chagatai
word: چوچوک
roman: čwčwk
lang: Chagatai
word: شیرین
lang: Chickasaw
word: champoli
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 甜
roman: tim⁴
lang: Chinese
word: тян
roman: ti͡an
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 甜
roman: diĕng
lang: Chinese
word: 甜
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 甜
roman: tián
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 甜
lang: Chinook Jargon
word: t'si
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: tatlı
lang: Czech
word: sladký
lang: Danish
word: sød
lang: Dutch
word: zoet
lang: Esperanto
word: dolĉa
lang: Estonian
word: magus
lang: Ewe
word: ŋaneŋane
lang: Faroese
word: søtur
lang: Finnish
word: makea
lang: Finnish
word: imelä
lang: Finnish
word: äitelä
lang: Finnish
word: sokerinen
lang: French
word: sucré
lang: Friulian
word: dolç
lang: Friulian
word: dolč
lang: Galician
word: doce
lang: Georgian
word: ტკბილი
roman: ṭḳbili
lang: German
word: süß
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍅𐍉𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃
roman: wōþeis
lang: Greek
word: γλυκός
roman: glykós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: γλυκύς
roman: glukús
lang: Haitian Creole
word: dous
lang: Hawaiian
word: momona
lang: Hawaiian
word: mona
lang: Hebrew
word: מָתוֹק
roman: matók
lang: Hindi
word: मीठा
roman: mīṭhā
lang: Hungarian
word: édes
lang: Icelandic
word: sætur
lang: Ido
word: sukroza
lang: Ingrian
word: makkia
lang: Irish
word: milis
lang: Italian
word: dolce
lang: Italian
word: zuccheroso
lang: Japanese
word: 甘い
roman: amai
lang: Jingpho
word: dwi
lang: Jingpho
word: dui
lang: Kaitag
word: музи́
roman: muzí
lang: Kazakh
word: тәтті
roman: tättı
lang: Khmer
word: ផ្អែម
roman: phʼaem
lang: Korean
word: 달다
roman: dalda
lang: Central Kurdish
word: شیرین
roman: şîrîn
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: şirîn
lang: Kyrgyz
word: таттуу
roman: tattuu
lang: Lao
word: ຫວານ
roman: huān
lang: Latin
word: dulcis
lang: Latvian
word: salds
lang: Lepcha
word: ᰣᰦᰁᰤᰦᰮ
roman: ʔáklyám
lang: Lithuanian
word: saldus
lang: Livonian
word: magḑõ
lang: Livonian
word: magḑi
lang: Macedonian
word: сладок
roman: sladok
lang: Malay
word: manis
lang: Manchu
word: ᠵᠠᠨᠴᡠᡥᡡᠨ
roman: jancuhūn
lang: Northern Mansi
word: атыӈ
roman: atyň
lang: Māori
word: waitī
lang: Māori
word: āwenewene
lang: Māori
word: reka
lang: Marathi
word: गोड
roman: goḍ
lang: Mongolian
word: чихэрлэг
roman: čixerleg
lang: Nepali
word: गुलियो
roman: guliyo
lang: Norwegian
word: søt
lang: Occitan
word: doç
lang: Ojibwe
word: wiishkobi-
lang: Pela
word: tʃʰu⁵⁵
lang: Persian
word: شیرین
roman: širin
lang: Plautdietsch
word: seet
lang: Polish
word: słodki
lang: Portuguese
word: doce
lang: Quechua
word: misk'i
lang: Romanian
word: dulce
lang: Russian
word: сла́дкий
roman: sládkij
lang: Sanskrit
word: मधुर
roman: madhura
lang: Sardinian
word: durke
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: milis
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: mealach
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: сладак
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sladak
lang: Slovak
word: sladký
lang: Slovene
word: sladek
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: słodki
lang: Spanish
word: dulce
lang: Swahili
word: tamu
lang: Swedish
word: söt
lang: Tagalog
word: matamis
lang: Tagalog
word: maasukal
lang: Tahitian
word: momona
lang: Tahitian
word: monamona
lang: Tajik
word: ширин
roman: širin
lang: Tamil
word: இனிக்க
roman: iṉikka
lang: Tatar
word: татлы
roman: tatlı
lang: Thai
word: หวาน
roman: wǎan
lang: Tongan
word: melie
lang: Turkish
word: tatlı
lang: Turkish
word: şirin
lang: Turkmen
word: şirin
lang: Ugaritic
word: 𐎎𐎚𐎖
roman: mtq
lang: Ukrainian
word: соло́дкий
roman: solódkyj
lang: Urdu
word: میٹھا
roman: mīṭhā
lang: Uyghur
word: تاتلىق
roman: tatliq
lang: Uyghur
word: شېرىن
roman: shërin
lang: Uyghur
word: چۈچۈك
roman: chüchük
lang: Uzbek
word: totli
lang: Uzbek
word: shirin
lang: Venetan
word: dólso
lang: Venetan
word: dolse
lang: Venetan
word: dólzo
lang: Vietnamese
word: ngọt
lang: Volapük
word: svidik
lang: Welsh
word: melys
lang: Yucatec Maya
word: ch'ujuk
lang: Armenian
word: քաղցրահնչյուն
roman: kʻaġcʻrahnčʻyun
lang: Breton
word: heson
lang: Catalan
word: dolç
lang: Czech
word: melodický
lang: Danish
word: melodisk
lang: Danish
word: behagelig
lang: Finnish
word: ihana
lang: Finnish
word: miellyttävä
lang: Finnish
word: pehmeä
lang: French
word: doux
lang: French
word: mélodieux
lang: Greek
word: γλυκόηχος
roman: glykóichos
lang: Irish
word: binn
lang: Italian
word: intonato
lang: Italian
word: melodioso
lang: Japanese
word: 心地よい
roman: kokochi-yoi
lang: Japanese
word: 快い
roman: kokoroyoi
lang: Korean
word: 감미롭다
roman: gammiropda
lang: Central Kurdish
word: شیرین
roman: şîrîn
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: şirîn
lang: Marathi
word: मधूर
roman: madhūr
lang: Norwegian
word: vakker
lang: Polish
word: słodki
lang: Polish
word: melodyjny
lang: Portuguese
word: doce
lang: Portuguese
word: melodioso
lang: Romanian
word: dulce
lang: Romanian
word: melodios
lang: Russian
word: сладкозву́чный
roman: sladkozvúčnyj
lang: Russian
word: мелоди́чный
roman: melodíčnyj
lang: Sanskrit
word: मधुर
roman: madhura
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: binn
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: grinn
lang: Spanish
word: dulce
lang: Spanish
word: melodioso
lang: Swedish
word: ljuv
lang: Swedish
word: melodisk
lang: Swedish
word: vacker
lang: Swedish
word: välljudande
lang: Tamil
word: மெல்லிசை
roman: mellicai
lang: Tamil
word: இனிய
roman: iṉiya
lang: Thai
word: หวาน
roman: wǎan
lang: Thai
word: เพราะ
roman: prɔ́
lang: Thai
word: ไพเราะ
roman: pai-rɔ́