candy

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: kăn'di, IPA(key): /ˈkæn.di/ Rhymes: -ændi === Etymology 1 === From Middle English sugre candy, from Old French sucre candi (literally “candied sugar”), from Arabic سُكَّر قَنْدِي (sukkar qandī), from Arabic قَنْد (qand, “rock candy”), from Persian کند (kand) from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “piece, fragment, candied sugar, dried molasses”), root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”), or from Proto-Dravidian *kaṇṭu; compare Tamil கண்டு (kaṇṭu, “hard candy”). ==== Noun ==== candy (countable and uncountable, plural candies) (uncountable) Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup. (uncountable, chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors. (countable, chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) A piece of confectionery of this kind. (slang, chiefly US) crack cocaine. (uncountable) An accessory (bracelet, etc.) made from pony beads, associated with the rave scene. ===== Alternative forms ===== (rave accessory): kandi ===== Synonyms ===== (confection): confectionery, sweets (British), lollies (Commonwealth), sugar candy (US) (piece of candy): sweet (British), lolly (Commonwealth) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== candy (third-person singular simple present candies, present participle candying, simple past and past participle candied) (transitive, cooking) To cook in or coat with sugar syrup. (intransitive) To form into congelations or crystals, especially of sugar or syrup. (intransitive) To become candy; to solidify into a candylike form or mass. ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === From Marathi खंडी (khaṇḍī), from Sanskrit खण्डन (khaṇḍana), from root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”). ==== Alternative forms ==== candee, candie, candil, kandy ==== Noun ==== candy (plural candies) (obsolete) A unit of weight used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally. ===== Synonyms ===== maunee ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Dancy, dancy