Meanings
nounsweetshop (plural sweetshops)
plural sweetshops · alternative sweet shop · alternative sweet-shop
- A shop selling confectionery, especially one that sells predominantly confectionery.
Likewise, when I go into my local sweetshop to buy a chocolate bar, the shopkeeper doesn't look me up and down, notice I'm a bit overweight, and suggest I pop round to the greengrocers next door and buy an apple instead.
2019 November 6, Dennis Fancett, Rail, page 54Synonyms: candy shop, candy store
- euphemisticslangA drug dealer.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA shop selling confectionery, especially one that sells predominantly confectionery.
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Translations
Afrikaans lekkergoedwinkel, snoepwinkel
- lekkergoedwinkelshop selling predominantly confectionery
- snoepwinkelshop selling predominantly confectionery
Arabic صَنَاعَةُ الْحَلْوَيَات
- صَنَاعَةُ الْحَلْوَيَات (ṣanāʕatu l-ḥalwayāt)shop selling predominantly confectionery
Basque gozogintza
- gozogintzashop selling predominantly confectionery
Bulgarian сладка́рница
- сладка́рница (sladkárnica)shop selling predominantly confectionery
Catalan confiteria
- confiteriashop selling predominantly confectionery
Chinese Mandarin 糖果店
- 糖果店 (tángguǒdiàn)shop selling predominantly confectionery
Czech cukrářství
- cukrářstvíshop selling predominantly confectionery
Dutch snoepwinkel
- snoepwinkelshop selling predominantly confectionery
Esperanto sukeraĵejo
- sukeraĵejoshop selling predominantly confectionery
Estonian kondiitriäri, konditoria
- kondiitriärishop selling predominantly confectionery
- konditoriashop selling predominantly confectionery
Finnish makeiskauppa, karkkikauppa
- makeiskauppashop selling predominantly confectionery
- karkkikauppashop selling predominantly confectionery
French confiserie, pâtisserie
- confiserieshop selling predominantly confectionery
- pâtisserieshop selling predominantly confectionery
German Konditorei, Süßwarengeschäft
- Konditoreishop selling predominantly confectionery
- Süßwarengeschäftshop selling predominantly confectionery
- Süßwarenladenshop selling predominantly confectionery
Greek ζαχαροπλαστείο
- ζαχαροπλαστείο (zacharoplasteío)shop selling predominantly confectionery
Indonesian toko kue
- toko kueshop selling predominantly confectionery
Irish taosráin
- taosráinshop selling predominantly confectionery
Italian pasticceria, confetteria
- pasticceriashop selling predominantly confectionery
- confetteriashop selling predominantly confectionery
Japanese 菓子屋, お菓子屋
- 菓子屋 (kashiya)shop selling predominantly confectionery
- お菓子屋 (o-kashiya)shop selling predominantly confectionery
Malay penganan
- pengananshop selling predominantly confectionery
Persian قنادی
- قنادی (qannâdi)shop selling predominantly confectionery
Polish cukiernia
- cukierniashop selling predominantly confectionery
Portuguese doçaria, doceria
- doçariashop selling predominantly confectionery
- doceriashop selling predominantly confectionery
- pastelariashop selling predominantly confectionery
Romanian cofetărie
- cofetărieshop selling predominantly confectionery
Russian конди́терская
- конди́терская (kondíterskaja)shop selling predominantly confectionery
Slovak cukráreň
- cukráreňshop selling predominantly confectionery
Spanish confitería, dulcería
- confiteríashop selling predominantly confectionery
- dulceríashop selling predominantly confectionery
- carameleríashop selling predominantly confectionery
Swedish godisaffär, godisbutik
- godisaffärshop selling predominantly confectionery
- godisbutikshop selling predominantly confectionery
Turkish şekerlemeci dükkânı, pastane
- şekerlemeci dükkânıshop selling predominantly confectionery
- pastaneshop selling predominantly confectionery
Ukrainian конди́терська, конди́терська крамни́ця
- конди́терська (kondýtersʹka)shop selling predominantly confectionery
- конди́терська крамни́ця (kondýtersʹka kramnýcja)shop selling predominantly confectionery
Vietnamese bánh cửa hàng
- bánh cửa hàngshop selling predominantly confectionery
Welsh siop losin
- siop losinshop selling predominantly confectionery
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APA
sweetshop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweetshop
MLA
“sweetshop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweetshop. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sweetshop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sweetshop.
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