confectionery
/kənˈfɛkʃənəɹi/
confectionery noun: foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.
Noun
confectionery (usually uncountable, plural confectioneries)
- Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.
- The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner.
- Synonyms:
- sweet-making, sweet manufacture
- A store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.
- Synonyms:
- confectioner's, candy store, sweet shop
confectionery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam
confectionery in Hindi
- sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- कैंडी kaiṇḍī
confectionery in Tamil
- sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- மிட்டாய் miṭṭāy
confectionery in Telugu
- sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- మిఠాయి miṭhāyi
confectionery in Malayalam
- മധുരപലഹാരങ്ങൾ, മധുരപലഹാരക്കച്ചവടം, മധുരപലഹാര നിർമ്മാണത്തൊഴിൽ, മധുരപലഹാരങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ടാക്കുന്ന സ്ഥലം
More languagesFewer languages
- confectionery in Kannada
- ಮಿಠಾಯಿ miṭhāyi
- confectionery in Pashto
- کینډی
- confectionery in Tagalog
- kendi
- confectionery in Malay
- gula-gula
- confectionery in Indonesian
- permen, gula-gula
Synonyms of confectionery
- candy
- sweets
- sweet-making
- sweet manufacture
- confectioner's
- candy store
- sweet shop
Forms of confectionery
| plural | confectioneries |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic, dated) | confectionary |
Origin of confectionery
From confectioner + -y.
Words formed from confectionery
Questions about confectionery
- What does confectionery mean?
- Confectionery means foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.
- What is confectionery in Hindi?
- Confectionery in Hindi is कैंडी (kaiṇḍī). See Confectionery meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is confectionery?
- Confectionery is a noun.
- How do you pronounce confectionery?
- Confectionery is pronounced /kənˈfɛkʃənəɹi/.
- What is the plural of confectionery?
- The plural of confectionery is confectioneries.
Words near confectionery in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: confectionery (page history and authors); confectionery (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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