sweetie

substantivocorrente nos diálogos

Reino Unido//ˈswiːti//
Estados Unidos//ˈswi.ti//

A person who is much loved.

substantivo

1
A person who is much loved.
"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.
4
A sweet; a candy.
Can I have a box of sweeties for being a good boy?

Etimologia

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂d- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *swéh₂dus Proto-Germanic *swōtuz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *swōtī Old English swēte Middle English swete English sweet English -ie English sweetie From sweet + -ie.

Formas

plural: sweeties

sweet · Tasting of sugars.Sweet · A surname.sweetheart · A person who is always very kind.

sweetie · A person who is much loved.

sweetly · With a sweet taste or aroma.sweetness · The condition of being sweet (all senses).sweets · Confectionery, candy.

As páginas vizinhas — A ordem alfabética segue as regras da língua, não o valor dos bytes: um acento só desempata entre duas palavras de resto idênticas, e o espanhol trata o Ñ como uma letra à parte.