sweetheart

English

/ˈswiːtˌhɑːt/, /ˈswitˌhɑɹt/

noun

Definitions

A person who is always very kind.
A person very much liked or loved by someone, especially when both partners are young.
(US) A female member of a college or university fraternity.

Etymology

Compound from English sweet (adorable) + English heart.

Origin

English

heart

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Elkhart Lake English
Lionheart English
antiheart English
antisweet English
beefheart English
beheart English
birdsweet English
bittersweet English
blackheart English
braveheart English
dearheart English
disheart English
enhearten English
faintheart English
falseheart English
greenheart English
heart English
heart balm English
heart clover English
heart starter English
heart-blood English
heartache English
heartake English
heartbeat English
heartbond English
heartbreak English
heartbreaker English
heartbreaking English
heartbroke English
heartbroken English
heartburn English
heartburned English
heartburning English
heartcare English
heartcut English
heartcutting English
heartdeep English
hearted English
hearten English
heartface English
heartfelt English
heartful English
heartgrief English
heartical English
heartland English
heartleaf English
heartless English
heartlet English
heartlike English
heartline English
heartling English
heartly English
heartman English
heartmate English
heartnut English
heartpea English
heartquake English
heartrending English
heartrot English
heartscape English
heartsearching English
heartseed English
heartsick English
heartsome English
heartsong English
heartsore English
heartspent English
heartstopper English
heartstopping English
heartstricken English
heartstring English
heartstrings English
heartstruck English
heartswelling English
heartthrob English
heartwater English
heartwhole English
heartwood English
heartworm English
heartworthy English
heartwrenching English
hearty English
honey-sweet English
inheart English
lionheart English
meadsweet English
nonheart English
nonsweet English
oversweet English
oxheart English
palmheart English
pseudoheart English
purpleheart English
right-hearted English
semisweet English
semisweetness English
sooterkin English
summersweet English
supersweet English
sweet English
sweet fifteen English
sweet thirteen English
sweet whiskey English
sweetbox English
sweetbread English
sweetbrier English
sweetcakes English
sweetcheeks English
sweetcure English
sweeten English
sweetfaced English
sweetgrass English
sweetgum English
sweethearthood English
sweethearting English
sweetie English
sweeting English
sweetish 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
unheart English
unsweet English
wintersweet English
xenoheart English
ハート Japanese
słitaśny Polish
herte Middle English
sweete Middle English
hart Irish
Heart Cebuano
Sweet Cebuano
瑞士雞翼 Chinese
하트 Korean
uswidi Zulu
হার্ট Bengali
swit Tok Pisin
switmoli Tok Pisin
liswidi Swati
switi Sranan Tongo
heartical Jamaican Creole
at Torres Strait Creole
swit Nigerian Pidgin