Meanings
nounconfectionery (usually uncountable, plural confectioneries)
plural confectioneries · alternative archaic dated confectionary
- uncountableusuallyFoodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.
- uncountableusuallyThe business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner.
Synonyms: sweet-making, sweet manufacture
- uncountableusuallyA store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.
Synonyms: confectioner's, candy store, sweet shop
Synonyms & antonyms
nounFoodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.
nounThe business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner.
Similar
sweet-makingsweet manufacture
nounA store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian сладкиши, сладкарство
- сладкиши (sladkiši)sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- сладкарство (sladkarstvo)business of manufacturing confectionery
Chinese Mandarin 糖果, 甜品廠 /甜品厂
- 糖果 (tángguǒ)sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- 甜品廠 /甜品厂 (tiánpǐnchǎng)business of manufacturing confectionery
Danish slik, konfekt
- sliksweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- konfektsweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- konfekturesweet foodstuffs (collectively)
Dutch snoep
- snoepsweet foodstuffs (collectively)
Finnish konditoriatuotteet
- konditoriatuotteetsweet foodstuffs (collectively)
French confiserie, sucreries
- confiseriesweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- sucreriessweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- confiseriebusiness of manufacturing confectionery
German Konfekt, Süßwaren
- Konfektsweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- Süßwarensweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- Confiseriesweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- Confiseriebusiness of manufacturing confectionery
Greek γλυκά, ζαχαρωτά
- γλυκά (glyká)sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- ζαχαρωτά (zacharotá)sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- ζαχαροπλαστείο (zacharoplasteío)business of manufacturing confectionery
Hindi कैंडी
- कैंडी (kaiṇḍī)sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
Hungarian cukrászda
- cukrászdabusiness of manufacturing confectionery
Indonesian permen, gula-gula
- permensweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- gula-gulasweet foodstuffs (collectively)
Irish milseogra, sócamais
- milseograsweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- sócamaissweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- rudaí milsesweet foodstuffs (collectively)
Italian dolciumi
- dolciumisweet foodstuffs (collectively)
Japanese 菓子, お菓子
- 菓子 (kashi)sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- お菓子 (o-kashi)sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
Korean 과자
- 과자 (gwaja)sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
Latin cuppēdia, bellāria
- cuppēdiasweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- bellāriasweet foodstuffs (collectively)
Latvian saldumi
- saldumisweet foodstuffs (collectively)
Malay gula-gula
- gula-gulasweet foodstuffs (collectively)
Norwegian Bokmål konfekt
- konfektsweet foodstuffs (collectively)
Polish słodycze, cukiernictwo
- słodyczesweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- cukiernictwobusiness of manufacturing confectionery
Portuguese doces, confeitaria
- docessweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- confeitariasweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- confeitariabusiness of manufacturing confectionery
Russian конди́терские изде́лия, сла́дости
- конди́терские изде́лия (kondíterskije izdélija)sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- сла́дости (sládosti)sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- конди́терская фа́брика (kondíterskaja fábrika)business of manufacturing confectionery
Spanish dulces, confitería
- dulcessweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- confiteríabusiness of manufacturing confectionery
Swedish sockerbageri
- sockerbageribusiness of manufacturing confectionery
Tagalog kendi
- kendisweet foodstuffs (collectively)
Tamil மிட்டாய்
- மிட்டாய் (miṭṭāy)sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
Yiddish זיסוואַרג, גוטע־זאַכן
- זיסוואַרג (zisvarg)sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- גוטע־זאַכן (gute-zakhn)sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- נאַשעכץ (nashekhts)sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- מטעמים (matamim)sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- קאָנפֿעקטור (konfektur)sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- ממתּקים (mamtakim)sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
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