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candy
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?n'di, IPA(key): /?kændi/
- Rhymes: -ændi
Etymology 1
From Middle English sugre candy, from Old French sucre candi (literally “candied sugar”), from Arabic ?????? ???????? (sukkar qand?), from Arabic ?????? (qand, “rock candy”), from Persian ???? (kand); likely from Sanskrit ???? (kha??a, “piece, fragment, candied sugar, dried molasses”), root ????? (kha??, “to divide, break into pieces”), or from Proto-Dravidian *ka??u; compare Tamil ????? (ka??u, “hard candy”).
Noun
candy (countable and uncountable, plural candies)
- (uncountable, chiefly Canada, US) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
- (countable, chiefly Canada, US) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
- (slang, chiefly US) crack cocaine.
Synonyms
- (confection): confectionery, sweets (British), lollies (Australia), sugar candy (US)
- (piece of candy): sweet (British), lolly (Australia)
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Hindi: ????? (kai???)
- ? Hopi: kyenti
Translations
Verb
candy (third-person singular simple present candies, present participle candying, simple past and past participle candied)
- (cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
- (intransitive) To have sugar crystals form in or on.
- Fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.
- (intransitive) To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.
Translations
See also
- ???? (Unicode candy symbol)
References
Etymology 2
From Marathi ???? (kha???), from Sanskrit ????? (kha??ana), from root ????? (kha??, “to divide, break into pieces”).
Alternative forms
- candee
- candie
- kandy
Noun
candy (plural candies)
- (obsolete) A unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.
Synonyms
- maunee
Translations
Anagrams
- Dancy, dancy
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popsicle
English
Etymology
From the trade name Popsicle, a blend of (soda) pop or lollipop +? Epsicle (“the original trade name”), itself a blend of Epperson (“the surname of the inventor”) +? icicle.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?ps?kl?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p?ps?kl?/
- Hyphenation: pop?si?cle
Noun
popsicle (plural popsicles)
- (chiefly US, Canada) Frozen fruit juice, flavored sugar water, or the like, on a stick, of a size to be one serving.
- (figuratively) Something cold or frozen.
- Turn up the thermostat! We're all turning into popsicles in here!
Synonyms
- ice pop
- ice lolly (UK)
- icy pole (Australia)
Translations
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