English Explanatory Dictionary

toffee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of chewy confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard.
  2. A small, individual piece of toffee.
  3. Any kind of sweets; candy.
verb
  1. To coat in toffee.
noun
  1. A fan or member of Everton F.C..

Pronunciation

/ˈtɒfi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-toffee.wav täʹfē /ˈtɔfi/ /ˈtɑfi/ /ˈtɔfe/ /-fɪ/ /-fi/

Word forms

toffee toffees taffy toffy toffeeing toffeed

Etymology

An alteration of taffy.

Synonyms

Toffeeman

Related words

butterscotch caramel fudge

Derived words

banoffee bonfire toffee cinder toffee easy as toffee English toffee for toffee honeycomb toffee maple toffee sponge toffee sticky toffee pudding toffee apple toffee-brown toffee-colored toffee-coloured toffee hammer toffee-nose toffee-nosed toffee paper toffee penny

Translations

Albanian: karamele me gjalpë Albanian: sheqerkë Arabic: توفي Azerbaijani: iris Bengali: টফি Bulgarian: карамел лакта Bulgarian: лакта Chinese Mandarin: 奶糖 Chinese Mandarin: 乳脂軟糖 /乳脂软糖 Czech: karamela Danish: flødekaramel Dutch: toffee Finnish: toffee French: caramel German: Toffee German: Karamelle Gujarati: ટોફી Hindi: टॉफ़ी Hindi: टॉफी Irish: taifí Italian: caramella mou Japanese: タフィー Japanese: ファッジ Kannada: ಟಾಫೀ Malay: gula-gula Māori: towhi Māori: tawhe Māori: tawhi Marathi: टॉफी Norwegian Bokmål: karamell Norwegian Nynorsk: karamell Persian: تافی Polish: toffi Portuguese: caramelo Romanian: caramelă Russian: ири́с Serbo-Croatian: karamela Spanish: caramelo Swedish: kola Swedish: gräddkola Tagalog: topi Tamil: மூலம் வரும் இனிப்பு வகை Telugu: చేసిన మిఠాయి Thai: ทอฟฟี Turkish: şekerleme Ukrainian: іри́с Uzbek: iris qand Vietnamese: kẹo bơ cứng Welsh: cyflaith Welsh: taffi Welsh: toffi
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