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candee

candee is the alternative form of candy.

Meaning of candy

Noun (1)

candy (countable and uncountable, plural candies)

  1. (uncountable) Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.
  2. (Canada, Philippines, US, uncountable) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
    • They came down to buy sugar, flour, saltfish or candy from Nana, to collect letters and exchange gossip.1991, Celia Brayfield, The Prince
  3. (Canada, Philippines, US, countable) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
    • Unwholesome pink and yellow candies were sold from trays.1991, Ann Granger, A Season for Murder
    Synonyms:
    sweet, lolly
  4. (US, slang) crack cocaine.
  5. (uncountable) An accessory (bracelet, etc.) made from pony beads, associated with the rave scene.
    • candy kid; candy raver

Noun (2)

candy (plural candies)

  1. (obsolete) A unit of weight used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
    Synonyms:
    maunee

See all 14 meanings of candy

Proper noun capitalized: Candee

Candee (plural Candees)

  1. A surname from French.

Forms of candee

Noun
pluralcandees
Proper noun
pluralCandees

Origin of candee

Americanized form of French Condé or Candé, a habitational surname.

Questions about candee

What does candee mean?
Candee means a surname from French.
What is candee the alternative form of?
Candee is the alternative form of candy.
What part of speech is candee?
Candee is a proper noun.

Words near candee in the dictionary

  1. Candating
  2. Candato
  3. Candaules
  4. candaulism
  5. candaulist
  6. candee
  7. candees
  8. candela
  9. candelabra
  10. candelabra lilies
  11. candelabra lily

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Adapted from Wiktionary: candee (page history and authors); Candee (page history and authors); candy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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