sweetie

sweetie

English

Alternative forms

• sweety

Etymology

From sweet +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈswiːti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈswi.ɾi/

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• Rhymes: -iːti

Noun

sweetie (plural sweeties)

1. (often as a term of address) A person who is much loved.

   Synonyms: honey, sweetheart, sweetie pie

   • 2022 April 8, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 1493 - Everyday:

     "But... Do you feel better now?" "Much better, sweetie, thank you. Now I get to be a girl everyday."

2. A sweetheart.
3. A fruit that is a crossbreed between a grapefruit and a pomelo, originating in Israel.
4. (childish, UK) A sweet; a candy.

   Can I have a box of sweeties for being a good boy?

Translations

sweetheart — see sweetheart

type of fruit

Dutch: sweetie (nl) Finnish: sweetie (fi) Hebrew: פומלית‎ (he) f (pomelit) Swedish: sweetie

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Jamaican Creole

Noun

sweetie (plural sweeties)

1. Unadapted borrowing from English sweetie

   • 2010 March 10, “Grab Up Yuh Crotches”, in Remedy Riddim‎, performed by Vybz Kartel:

     She love sweetie, she know weh di lollipop is

     She loves (to eat) sweeties, she knows where the lollipop is.