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Plural of confectionery

regular plural

The plural of confectionery is confectioneries.

Forms of confectionery

Singularconfectionery /kənˈfɛkʃənəɹi/
Pluralconfectioneries
Countableusually uncountable

Meaning of confectionery

  1. noun Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.
  2. noun The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner.
  3. noun A store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.

Full definition of confectionery

Questions about the plural of confectionery

What is the plural of confectionery?
The plural of confectionery is confectioneries.
Is confectionery countable?
Confectionery is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: confectionery (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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