candy
Meaning of candy
noun
- sweets; confectionery.
people sat eating popcorn and candy
a candy bar
pink and yellow candies
- preserve (fruit, nuts, etc.) by coating and saturating it with a sugar syrup.
I candied the walnuts with maple syrup
mid 17th century (as a verb): the noun use is from late Middle English sugar-candy, from French sucre candi ‘crystallized sugar’, from Arabic sukkar ‘sugar’ + qandī ‘candied’, based on Sanskrit khaṇḍa ‘fragment’.
Information about candy
- The plural form of candy is: candies.
- Languages in which candy is used:
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Hyphenation of candy
candy
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- candy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
candy synonyms
Meaning confect:
Meaning sugarcoat:
Meaning sweets and chocolates considered collectively:
Meaning a piece of confectionery; a sweet:
Meaning a small shaped piece of sweet food made with sugar:
Meaning a sweet:
Meaning an item of confectionery or sweet food:
Translation of candy
- French: confiserie, bonbon, carmel, bonbec
- German: Bonbon, Karamelle
- Spanish: caramelo
- Italian: caramella
Anagrams of candy
Words that rhyme with candy
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