sweetmeat
/ˈswiːtmiːt/
sweetmeat noun: a sweet delicacy; a confection.
Noun
sweetmeat (plural sweetmeats)
- A sweet delicacy; a confection.
- At the principal stations there are also separate Hindu and Mohemmedan refreshment rooms, and some mail trains have compartments reserved for Indian tea and sweetmeat vendors.1950 February, W. Dendy, “Impressions of the Indian Railways—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 119
- Sweetheart; darling.
- “Hey, sweetmeat, where you been?” Farrengalli hollered.2010, Scott Nicholson, The Gorge
sweetmeat meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
sweetmeat in Tamil
- மிட்டாய், பாகிலிட்ட பழம், இன்பண்டம், பாகிலிட்ட பழவற்றல்
sweetmeat in Bengali
- sweet delicacy
- মিষ্টান্ন miśṭannō
sweetmeat in Malayalam
- ഒരു മധുരപലഹാരം, ഹൽവാ
sweetmeat in Kannada
- ಸಿಹಿಮಿಠಾಯಿ, ಸಿಹಿತಿಂಡಿ
More languagesFewer languages
- sweetmeat in Gujarati
- મેવો mevo
- sweetmeat in Sanskrit
- गौड gauḍa
- sweetmeat in Tagalog
- kumpites
- sweetmeat in Persian
- آفروشه âfruše, ویلانج vilânj
Forms of sweetmeat
| plural | sweetmeats |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | sweatmeat |
Origin of sweetmeat
From Middle English swete-mete, from Old English swete mete. By surface analysis, sweet + meat (“food”).
Questions about sweetmeat
- What does sweetmeat mean?
- Sweetmeat means a sweet delicacy; a confection.
- What is sweetmeat in Tamil?
- Sweetmeat in Tamil is மிட்டாய், பாகிலிட்ட பழம், இன்பண்டம். See Sweetmeat meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sweetmeat?
- Sweetmeat is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sweetmeat?
- Sweetmeat is pronounced /ˈswiːtmiːt/.
- What is the plural of sweetmeat?
- The plural of sweetmeat is sweetmeats.
Words near sweetmeat in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sweetmeat (page history and authors); sweetmeat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sweetmeat (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sweetmeat (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); મેવો (Gujarati) (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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