sweetener

English

Etymology

sweeten +‎ -er (“agent suffix”)

Noun

sweetener (plural sweeteners)

Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar.
(informal) Something given or added to added to a deal to sweeten another's attitude, especially a bribe or kickback.
(slang) A shill bidder at an auction.

Synonyms

(gift or bribe): douceur; see gift and Thesaurus:bribe

Derived terms

artificial sweetener

Translations

food additive

Afrikaans: versoeter
Albanian: sheqer diabetik m
Arabic: مُحَلِّيّ m (muḥalliyy)
Armenian: շաքարի փոխարինիչ (šakʻari pʻoxariničʻ)
Azerbaijani: tatlandırıcı
Basque: gozagarri
Belarusian: падсаладжа́льнік m (padsaladžálʹnik), падсало́днік m (padsalódnik)
Bengali: উৎকোচ (bn) (utkōc)
Bulgarian: подслади́тел m (podsladítel)
Catalan: edulcorant (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 甜味劑／甜味剂 (zh) (tiánwèijì), 糖精 (zh) (tángjīng)
Czech: sladidlo (cs) m
Danish: sødestof
Dutch: zoetstof (nl)
Esperanto: dolĉigilo
Estonian: magusaine, magustaja
Finnish: makeutusaine (fi)
French: édulcorant (fr) m
Galician: adozante (gl) m
German: Süßstoff (de) m
Greek: γλυκαντικό (el) m (glykantikó)
Haitian Creole: edulkoran
Hebrew: ממתיק m (mamtik)
Hindi: स्वीटनर (svīṭnar)
Hungarian: édesítőszer (hu)
Icelandic: sætuefni m
Indonesian: pemanis (id)
Irish: milseoir
Italian: dolcificante (it) m
Japanese: 甘味料 (ja) (かんみりょう, kanmiryō)
Korean: 감미료(甘味料) (gammiryo)
Kyrgyz: таттуулук (ky) (tattuuluk)
Latin: dulcedo m
Latvian: saldinātājs m
Lithuanian: saldiklis m
Macedonian: засладувач m (zasladuvač)
Malay: pemanis
Maltese: ħlewwa
Manx: ooreyder
Mongolian: амт оруулагч (amt oruulagč)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: søtningsmiddel n, søtningsstoff n, søtstoff n

Nynorsk: søtstoff n
Pashto: خواږه (ps) (khowaga)
Persian: شیرین کننده (fa)
Polish: słodzik (pl) m
Portuguese: adoçante (pt) m
Romanian: îndulcitor (ro), zaharină (ro) f
Russian: подсласти́тель (ru) m (podslastítelʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: mìlseachd
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: заслађивач m

Roman: zaslađivač m
Shona: shuga
Slovak: sladidlo n
Slovene: sladilo n
Sotho: natefisa tatso
Spanish: edulcorante (es) m
Swedish: sötningsmedel (sv)
Tagalog: pangpatamis
Tamil: இனிக்கும் (iṉikkum)
Telugu: తియ్యని (te) (tiyyani)
Thai: น้ำตาลเทียม (náamtaan thiiam)
Turkish: tatlandırıcı
Ukrainian: підсоло́джувач m (pidsolódžuvač)
Urdu: سویٹنر (svīṭnar)
Uzbek: shakar oʻrnini, bosuvchi modda
Vietnamese: chất ngọt
Xhosa: nangoku

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