sweet
Meanings
- Tasting of sugars.
- Retaining a portion of sugar.
- Not of a salty taste.
- Having a pleasant smell; fragrant.
- Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
- Of a pleasant sound.
- Of a pleasing disposition.
- Of a helpful disposition.
- Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.
- Very pleasing; agreeable.
- Doing well; in a good or happy position.
- Romantically fixated; enamored with; fond of.
- Used as a positive response to good news or information.
- In a pleasant manner.
- The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
- A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.
- A food eaten for dessert.
- Synonym of sweetheart, a term of affection.
- That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.
- Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.
- To sweeten.
- A surname.
- A female given name.
- An unincorporated community in Gem County, Idaho, United States.
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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.