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Added 9 October 2026

candy

/ˈkæn.di/ noun

In Latin: cuppēdia, bellāria Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about candy at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts.

verb

Coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze.

Origin

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”).

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