Meanings
nounsugar water (uncountable)
- uncountableWater sweetened with sugar.
Origin
- Middle Englishsewgyr water
- Englishsugar water
From Middle English sewgyr water, sugour water, water of zuccare.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 糖水
- 糖水 (tángshuǐ)water sweetened with sugar
Danish sukkervand
- sukkervandwater sweetened with sugar
Dutch suikerwater
- suikerwaterwater sweetened with sugar
Finnish sokerivesi
- sokerivesiwater sweetened with sugar
French eau sucrée
- eau sucréewater sweetened with sugar
German Zuckerwasser
- Zuckerwasserwater sweetened with sugar
Hebrew מי סוכר
- מי סוכרwater sweetened with sugar
Icelandic sykurvatn
- sykurvatnwater sweetened with sugar
Indonesian air gula
- air gulawater sweetened with sugar
Japanese 砂糖水
- 砂糖水 (satōmizu)water sweetened with sugar
Korean 설탕물
- 설탕물 (seoltangmul)water sweetened with sugar
Spanish almíbar
- almíbarwater sweetened with sugar
Swedish sockervatten
- sockervattenwater sweetened with sugar
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APA
sugar water. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20water
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“sugar water.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20water. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sugar water,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sugar%20water.
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