sugar

English

/ˈʃʊɡə(ɹ)/, /ˈʃʊɡɚ/

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.
  • (countable) A specific variety of sugar.
  • (countable) Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.
  • (countable) A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.
  • (countable)
  • (countable) A kiss.
  • (chiefly) Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.
  • (uncountable) Diabetes.
  • (dated) Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance, especially in chemistry.
  • Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
  • (US) Heroin.
  • (US) Money.
  • (programming) syntactic Syntactic sugar.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sugre derived from Middle French sucre derived from Old French çucre derived from Latin zuccarum derived from zucchero, zúccharo derived from Arabic سُكَّر derived from Persian شکر (sugar) derived from Sanskrit शर्करा (ground candied sugar, gravel, originally meaning grit, originally grit, grit, ground candied sugar originally grit, ground sugar) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (gravel, boulder).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱorkeh₂

Gloss

gravel, boulder

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

岩, 巌

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