sweetie in English: A kind name you call someone you love. In Britain it can also mean a small sweet. (noun)

Translation

A kind name you call someone you love. In Britain it can also mean a small sweet.

Word origin

From sweet, from Old English swete, plus the friendly ending -ie.

Gender

Pluralsweeties

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"Sweetie" is a kind name for someone you love.

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In Britain "sweeties" can mean small sweets.

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Here "sweetie" is used to speak warmly to someone.

sweet

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

darling

A loving name you call a person you care about very much.

dear

Loved very much, and also the polite word used before a name at the start of a letter.

love

To like someone or something very much, deep in your heart.

honey

A sweet, thick, golden food that bees make, which people eat on bread or put in tea.

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