sweet
English
/swiːt/, /swit/, /swiːt/
adj
Definitions
- Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
- Having a taste of sugar.
- (wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.
- Not having a salty taste.
- Having a pleasant smell.
- Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
- Having a pleasant sound.
- Having a pleasing disposition.
- Having a helpful disposition.
- (mineralogy) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.
- (informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.
- (slang) Doing well; in a good or happy position.
- (informal) Romantically fixated, enamoured with, fond of
- (obsolete) Fresh; not salt or brackish.
- Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sweete inherited from Old English swēte (sweet) inherited from *swōtī inherited from Proto-Germanic *swōtuz (sweet) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus (sweet, tasty).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swéh₂dus
Gloss
sweet, tasty
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Guthrie's sweet whiskey English
- antisweet English
- besweeten English
- bird English
- birdsweet English
- bitter English
- bittersweet English
- bittersweetly English
- bittersweetness English
- box English
- bread English
- brier English
- cakes English
- cheeks English
- cure English
- faced English
- fifteen English
- grass English
- gum English
- heart English
- honey English
- honey-sweet English
- leaf English
- lips English
- maker English
- mead English
- meadsweet English
- meat English
- nonsweet English
- outsweeten English
- oversweet English
- oversweeten English
- oversweetness English
- pea English
- presweeten English
- root English
- semisweet English
- semisweetness English
- shop English
- shrub English
- soot English
- sooterkin English
- sop English
- stuff English
- summer English
- summersweet English
- supersweet English
- sweet fifteen English
- sweet thirteen English
- sweet whiskey English
- sweetbox English
- sweetbread English
- sweetbrier English
- sweetcakes English
- sweetcheeks English
- sweetcure English
- sweeten English
- sweetened English
- sweetener English
- sweetenest English
- sweeteneth English
- sweetfaced English
- sweetgrass English
- sweetgum English
- sweetheart English
- sweethearthood English
- sweethearting English
- sweetie English
- sweeting English
- sweetish English
- sweetishly English
- sweetishness English
- sweetkin English
- sweetleaf English
- sweetling English
- sweetlips English
- sweetly English
- sweetmaker English
- sweetmeat English
- sweetness English
- sweetpea English
- sweetroot English
- sweetshop English
- sweetshrub English
- sweetsome English
- sweetsop English
- sweetstuff English
- sweetvetch English
- sweetwater English
- sweetweed English
- sweetwood English
- sweetwort English
- sweety English
- thirteen English
- unsweet English
- unsweeten English
- vetch English
- water English
- weed English
- whiskey English
- winter English
- wintersweet English
- wood English
- wort English
- söötti Finnish
- suaveolens Latin
- suaviloquens Latin
- suaviloquium Latin
- suaviloquus Latin
- suavis Latin
- suavitas Latin
- suaviter Latin
- suavitudo Latin
- suavium Latin
- suāvis Latin
- Bittersüß German
- Süßdolde German
- Süße German
- Süßholz German
- Süßigkeit German
- Süßkartoffel German
- Süßkram German
- Süßware German
- Süßwasser German
- bittersüß German
- edelsüß German
- honigsüß German
- süß German
- süßlich German
- süßsauer German
- zuckersüß German
- soave Italian
- aanzoeten Dutch, Flemish
- bitterzoet Dutch, Flemish
- geilzoet Dutch, Flemish
- mierzoet Dutch, Flemish
- zeemzoet Dutch, Flemish
- zoet Dutch, Flemish
- zoeten Dutch, Flemish
- zoethout Dutch, Flemish
- zoetwatermeer Dutch, Flemish
- zoetwatervis Dutch, Flemish
- zoetzuur Dutch, Flemish
- suave Spanish, Castilian
- μελιηδής Ancient Greek
- ἡδύς Ancient Greek
- ἧδος Ancient Greek
- ὀσμή Ancient Greek
- *sweh₂d- Proto-Indo-European
- *sweh₂dus Proto-Indo-European
- *swéh₂dus Proto-Indo-European
- suave Portuguese
- *swōtuz Proto-Germanic
- söt Swedish
- söta Swedish
- sötebröd Swedish
- sötis Swedish
- sötvatten Swedish
- bor Polish
- słitaśny Polish
- sukkersøt Norwegian Nynorsk
- søt Norwegian Nynorsk
- søta Norwegian Nynorsk
- søte Norwegian Nynorsk
- søtleik Norwegian Nynorsk
- søtstoff Norwegian Nynorsk
- swete Old English
- swetlice Old English
- swetnes Old English
- swote Old English
- swēte Old English
- स्वादु Sanskrit
- bitterswete Middle English
- hony-swete Middle English
- suave Middle English
- sweete Middle English
- swete Middle English
- swetly Middle English
- swetnes Middle English
- unswete Middle English
- sœtr Old Norse
- forsøde Danish
- sød Danish
- sødladen Danish
- soef Old French
- suau Catalan, Valencian
- स्वादु Hindi
- Sweet Cebuano
- anodd Welsh
- gwahodd Welsh
- hawdd Welsh
- soete Middle Dutch
- suozi Old High German
- swuozi Old High German
- soet Afrikaans
- süeze Middle High German
- süezi Middle High German
- séiss Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- shije Albanian
- shijoj Albanian
- suave Middle French
- זיס Yiddish
- זיסקײַט Yiddish
- צוקער־זיס Yiddish
- *swōtī gmw-pro
- *suoti Old Dutch
- suoti Old Dutch
- *sādos Proto-Celtic
- 瑞士雞翼 Chinese
- *swáHduš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- swoti Old Saxon
- süeß Alemannic German
- söter Old Swedish
- *swādwis Proto-Italic
- uswidi Zulu
- *swaHdúṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- swiet Western Frisian
- سوادو Urdu
- swēte Old Frisian
- xwê Northern Kurdish
- uswidi Xhosa
- moli Tok Pisin
- swit Tok Pisin
- switmoli Tok Pisin
- switpela Tok Pisin
- 𑀲𑀸𑀉 Maharastri Prakrit
- *sūadja Proto-Albanian
- liswidi Swati
- siess Pennsylvania German
- switi Sranan Tongo
- *hwādús Proto-Hellenic
- hawð Middle Welsh
- swit Nigerian Pidgin
- box
- sop
- pea
- gum
- soot
- wood
- mead
- shop
- bird
- leaf
- meat
- cure
- wort
- weed
- lips
- root
- shrub
- bread
- faced
- grass
- maker
- vetch
- water
- heart
- brier
- cakes
- honey
- stuff
- winter
- cheeks
- bitter
- summer
- sweety
- sweetie
- fifteen
- sweetly
- unsweet
- whiskey
- sweeten
- sweetish
- sweetgum
- sweetbox
- sweetpea
- sweetkin
- nonsweet
- thirteen
- sweeting
- sweetsop
- sweetsome
- oversweet
- sweetened
- sweetcure
- sweetwort
- besweeten
- sweetener
- semisweet
- meadsweet
- birdsweet
- sweetness
- sooterkin
- antisweet
- sweetweed
- sweetshop
- sweetmeat
- sweetleaf
- unsweeten
- sweetling
- sweetlips
- sweetroot
- sweetwood
- sweetbread
- presweeten
- sweetcakes
- sweetfaced
- sweetwater
- sweetenest
- sweetbrier
- sweetishly
- sweetvetch
- supersweet
- outsweeten
- sweetshrub
- sweetmaker
- sweetstuff
- sweeteneth
- sweetgrass
- sweetheart
- summersweet
- bittersweet
- sweetcheeks
- wintersweet
- honey-sweet
- oversweeten
- sweetishness
- semisweetness
- bittersweetly
- sweethearting
- sweet fifteen
- sweet whiskey
- oversweetness
- sweethearthood
- sweet thirteen
- bittersweetness
- Guthrie's sweet whiskey