Meanings
nounconfectioner (plural confectioners)
plural confectioners
- A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).
Synonyms: confectionist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).
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Origin
From confection (verb) + -er.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic حَلْوَانِيّ
- حَلْوَانِيّ (ḥalwāniyy)manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Bengali হালুইকর
- হালুইকর (haluikor)manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Bulgarian сладка́р
- сладка́р (sladkár)manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Catalan confiter, confitera
- confitermanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- confiteramanufacturer of or dealer in confections
Chinese Mandarin 糖果製造商 /糖果制造商, 甜食商
- 糖果製造商 /糖果制造商 (tángguǒ zhìzàoshāng)manufacturer of or dealer in confections
- 甜食商manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Czech cukrář, cukrářka
- cukrářmanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- cukrářkamanufacturer of or dealer in confections
Danish konditor
- konditormanufacturer of or dealer in confections
Dutch suikerbakker, banketbakker
- suikerbakkermanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- banketbakkermanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- koekenbakkermanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- taartenbakkermanufacturer of or dealer in confections
Estonian kondiiter
- kondiitermanufacturer of or dealer in confections
Finnish kondiittori, sokerileipuri
- kondiittorimanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- sokerileipurimanufacturer of or dealer in confections
French confiseur, confiseuse
- confiseurmanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- confiseusemanufacturer of or dealer in confections
German Konditor, Konditorin
- Konditormanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- Konditorinmanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- Zuckerbäckermanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- Zuckerbäckerinmanufacturer of or dealer in confections
Greek ζαχαροπλάστης, ζαχαροπλάστρια
- ζαχαροπλάστης (zacharoplástis)manufacturer of or dealer in confections
- ζαχαροπλάστρια (zacharoplástria)manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Hungarian cukrász, cukrásznő
- cukrászmanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- cukrásznőmanufacturer of or dealer in confections
Irish milsíneoir
- milsíneoirmanufacturer of or dealer in confections
Latin crustulārius, crustulāria
- crustulāriusmanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- crustulāriamanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- cuppēdināriusmanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- cuppēdināriamanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- dulciāriusmanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- dulciāriamanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- panchrestāriusmanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- panchrestāriamanufacturer of or dealer in confections
Norwegian Bokmål konditor
- konditormanufacturer of or dealer in confections
Persian قَنَّاد
- قَنَّاد (qannâd)manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Polish cukiernik, cukierniczka
- cukiernikmanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- cukierniczkamanufacturer of or dealer in confections
Portuguese confeiteiro, confeiteira
- confeiteiromanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- confeiteiramanufacturer of or dealer in confections
Romanian cofetar, cofetăreasă
- cofetarmanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- cofetăreasămanufacturer of or dealer in confections
Russian кондитер
- кондитер (konditer)manufacturer of or dealer in confections
Spanish pastelero, pastelera
- pasteleromanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- pasteleramanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- confiteromanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- confiteramanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- dulceromanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- dulceramanufacturer of or dealer in confections
Swedish konditor, sockerbagare
- konditormanufacturer of or dealer in confections
- sockerbagaremanufacturer of or dealer in confections
Turkish şekerci
- şekercimanufacturer of or dealer in confections
Cite this entry
APA
confectioner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confectioner
MLA
“confectioner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confectioner. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “confectioner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confectioner.
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