candy in English: A small sweet food made mostly of sugar. This is the American word; Britain says "sweets". (noun)

Translation

A small sweet food made mostly of sugar. This is the American word; Britain says "sweets".

Word origin

From Arabic qandi, meaning made of sugar, which reached English through Old French sucre candi.

Gender

Pluralcandies

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"Candy" covers all the sweet things made of sugar.

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"Candies" is the plural form.

sweets.

America says "candy"; Britain says "sweets".

sweet

Tasting of sugar, like honey or cake, not bitter or salty.

sugar

A sweet white or brown food that people add to drinks and cakes.

eat

To put food in your mouth and swallow it.

chocolate

A sweet brown food made from cocoa beans, sold in bars or used in cakes and drinks.

shop

A place where you go to buy things.

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