sweetie

English

Alternative forms

• sweety

Etymology

From sweet +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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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."^[sic]

2. A sweetheart.
3. A fruit that is a crossbreed between a grapefruit and a pomelo, originating in Israel.

   Synonym: oroblanco

4. (childish, UK) A sweet; a candy.

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

Descendants

• → Kashubian: switus (Canada, United States)

Translations

sweetheart — see sweetheart

type of fruit

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

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sweetie.

Noun

sweetie (plural sweetie dem, quantified sweetie)

1. sweetie
   • 2010 March 10, “Grab Up Yuh Crotches” (track 12), in Remedy Riddim‎^[1], performed by Vybz Kartel:

     She love sweetie, she know weh di lollipop is

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