sugar
English
/ˈʃʊɡə(ɹ)/, /ˈʃʊɡɚ/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.
- (countable) A specific variety of sugar.
- (countable) Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.
- (countable) A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.
- (countable)
- (countable) A kiss.
- (chiefly) Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.
- (uncountable) Diabetes.
- (dated) Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance, especially in chemistry.
- Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
- (US) Heroin.
- (US) Money.
- (programming) syntactic Syntactic sugar.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sugre derived from Middle French sucre derived from Old French çucre derived from Latin zuccarum derived from zucchero, zúccharo derived from Arabic سُكَّر derived from Persian شکر (sugar) derived from Sanskrit शर्करा (ground candied sugar, gravel, originally meaning grit, originally grit, grit, ground candied sugar originally grit, ground sugar) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (gravel, boulder).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱorkeh₂
Gloss
gravel, boulder
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
岩, 巌
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Sugar English
- aminodeoxysugar English
- anhydrosugar English
- antisugar English
- arsenosugar English
- azasugar English
- azido English
- azidosugar English
- baby English
- bag English
- berry English
- bird English
- booger English
- booger sugar English
- bromosugar English
- bush English
- candy English
- chitosugar English
- chlorosugar English
- coat English
- coated English
- corn English
- corn sugar English
- craft English
- dehydrosugar English
- deoxy English
- deoxysugar English
- desugar English
- dideoxysugar English
- fluorosugar English
- halosugar English
- house English
- imino English
- iminosugar English
- iodosugar English
- maker English
- making English
- monosugar English
- multisugar English
- nonsugar English
- nonsugary English
- oligosugar English
- phosphosugar English
- pie English
- pill English
- pseudosugar English
- sugar baby English
- sugar bush English
- sugar candy English
- sugar pill English
- sugar-free English
- sugarbag English
- sugarberry English
- sugarbird English
- sugarbush English
- sugarcoat English
- sugarcoated English
- sugarcraft English
- sugarer English
- sugarfree English
- sugarholic English
- sugarhouse English
- sugarily English
- sugariness English
- sugarless English
- sugarlessness English
- sugarlike English
- sugarmaker English
- sugarmaking English
- sugarman English
- sugarpie English
- sugartime English
- sugartits English
- sugary English
- time English
- tits English
- unsugary English
- saccharum Latin
- zuccarum Latin
- Zucker German
- zucchero Italian
- Suikerfeest Dutch, Flemish
- basterdsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- bietsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- bloedsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- borstsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- broodsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- druivensuiker Dutch, Flemish
- kandijsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- kaneelsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- kristalsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- melksuiker Dutch, Flemish
- moutsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- poedersuiker Dutch, Flemish
- rietsuiker Dutch, Flemish
- sucrose Dutch, Flemish
- suiker Dutch, Flemish
- suikerbeest Dutch, Flemish
- suikerbiet Dutch, Flemish
- suikerboer Dutch, Flemish
- suikerboon Dutch, Flemish
- suikerbrood Dutch, Flemish
- suikergoed Dutch, Flemish
- suikerij Dutch, Flemish
- suikerklont Dutch, Flemish
- suikermoei Dutch, Flemish
- suikeroom Dutch, Flemish
- suikerpatiënt Dutch, Flemish
- suikerplantage Dutch, Flemish
- suikertaart Dutch, Flemish
- suikertante Dutch, Flemish
- suikerwater Dutch, Flemish
- suikerziek Dutch, Flemish
- suikerziekte Dutch, Flemish
- vanillesuiker Dutch, Flemish
- sucre French
- sucrerie French
- sucrette French
- са́хар Russian
- azucarar Spanish, Castilian
- azucarera Spanish, Castilian
- azucarero Spanish, Castilian
- azúcar Spanish, Castilian
- sucra Spanish, Castilian
- κρέκω Ancient Greek
- κρόκη Ancient Greek
- σάκχαρ Ancient Greek
- *krek- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- açúcar Portuguese
- शर्कर Sanskrit
- शर्करा Sanskrit
- suger candy Middle English
- suger lof Middle English
- sugre Middle English
- sugren Middle English
- السُكَّر, سكر Arabic
- اَلسُّكَّر, سكر Arabic
- سُكَّر Arabic
- çucre Old French
- çucre, chucre Old French
- šećer Serbo-Croatian
- sucre Catalan, Valencian
- शक्कर Hindi
- шакар Persian
- شکر Persian
- شکرشکن Persian
- نیشکر Persian
- asukar Cebuano
- suicker Middle Dutch
- sukra Ido
- sukro Ido
- sukruyo Ido
- şeker Turkish
- şekerlemez Turkish
- şekerler Turkish
- suiker Afrikaans
- చక్కెర Telugu
- శర్కర Telugu
- chucre Norman
- asukal Tagalog
- sakar Malay
- шекер Kazakh
- sucre Middle French
- şəkər Azerbaijani
- סוכר Hebrew (modern)
- شكر Ottoman Turkish
- sakkharā Pali
- सक्खरा Pali
- શર્કરા Gujarati
- સાકર Gujarati
- *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- sukari Swahili
- zokkor Maltese
- ushukela Zulu
- чихэр Mongolian
- zucar Friulian
- *śárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan
- شکر Urdu
- шәкәр Bashkir
- juga Marshallese
- jukwa Marshallese
- jukwain Marshallese
- шэкэр Adyghe
- zuccuru Sicilian
- škl Middle Persian
- 𐭱𐭪𐭥 Middle Persian
- 𐭱𐭪𐭥 Middle Persian
- sùcaro Venetian
- suga Tok Pisin
- sucre xno
- 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀭𑀸 Maharastri Prakrit
- சர்க்கரை Tamil
- sukra Kabuverdianu
- shakar Uzbek
- huka Maori
- disik Mauritian Creole
- *šiker Proto-Mongolic
- şeker Crimean Tatar
- asukar Bikol Central
- soûcaro Istriot
- اَلسُّكَّر, سكر Andalusian Arabic
- шекер Kirghiz, Kyrgyz
- asukar Hiligaynon
- asucatl Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- suka Fijian
- disik Seychellois Creole
- сӕкӕр Ossetian, Ossetic
- shuga Shona
- seker Zazaki
- şeker Zazaki
- sokkar Afar
- asukar Ilocano
- asukar Waray-Waray
- shukël Unami
- zuccaro roa-oit
- zucchero roa-oit
- zucchero, zúccharo roa-oit
- asukar Yogad
- asukaar Yucatec Maya
- ހަކުރު Divehi, Dhivehi, Maldivian
- ሽኰር Tigrinya
- sĭk Rade
- sogal Abenaki
- шекер Karachay-Balkar
- 𐨭𐨐𐨪 Gandhari
- sukol Malecite-Passamaquoddy
- chuuk Nyâlayu
- chuxee Nyâlayu
- pie
- bag
- pill
- corn
- baby
- bird
- coat
- bush
- time
- tits
- candy
- maker
- imino
- azido
- craft
- deoxy
- Sugar
- berry
- house
- making
- booger
- sugary
- coated
- desugar
- sugarer
- unsugary
- sugarman
- nonsugar
- azasugar
- sugarbag
- sugarily
- sugarpie
- nonsugary
- sugarlike
- sugarbush
- iodosugar
- halosugar
- monosugar
- sugartime
- sugarbird
- sugartits
- antisugar
- sugarfree
- sugarcoat
- sugarless
- corn sugar
- oligosugar
- sugarholic
- sugarcraft
- sugarberry
- sugar baby
- deoxysugar
- multisugar
- sugar-free
- chitosugar
- sugar pill
- sugar bush
- sugarhouse
- sugariness
- iminosugar
- bromosugar
- azidosugar
- sugarmaker
- fluorosugar
- sugarcoated
- chlorosugar
- sugar candy
- sugarmaking
- pseudosugar
- arsenosugar
- dideoxysugar
- phosphosugar
- booger sugar
- anhydrosugar
- dehydrosugar
- sugarlessness
- aminodeoxysugar