From confection + -ery.
- IPA(key): /kənˈfɛkʃənəɹi/, /kənˈfɛkʃənɹi/
confectionery (usually uncountable, plural confectioneries)
- (uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.
- (uncountable) The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner.
- A store where confectionery is sold; a confectioner's shop.
sweet foodstuffs (collectively)
- Albanian: ëmbëltore (sq) f
- Armenian: հրուշակեղեն (hy) (hrušakeġen), քաղցրավենիք (hy) (kʻaġcʻravenikʻ)
- Azerbaijani: şirniyat
- Belarusian: прысмакі m pl (prysmaki)
- Bulgarian: сладкиши (bg) pl (sladkiši)
- Cebuano: kendi
- Cherokee: ᎧᎵᏎᏥ (kalisetsi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 糖果 (zh) (tángguǒ)
- Danish: slik (da)
- Dutch: snoep (nl) m
- Finnish: konditoriatuotteet
- French: confiserie (fr) f, sucreries (fr) f pl
- Georgian: საკონდიტრო (saḳondiṭro)
- German: Konfekt (de) n, Süßwaren (de) f pl, Confiserie f (Switzerland)
- Greek: γλυκά (el) n pl (glyká), ζαχαρωτά (el) n pl (zacharotá)
- Haitian Creole: sirèt
- Hindi: कैंडी f (kaiṇḍī)
- Indonesian: permen (id), gula-gula (id)
- Irish: milseogra f, sócamais m pl, rudaí milse m pl
- Italian: dolciumi (it) m pl
- Japanese: お菓子 (ja) (おかし, okashi)
- Kannada: ಮಿಠಾಯಿ (kn) (miṭhāyi)
- Korean: 과자(菓子) (ko) (gwaja)
- Latin: cuppēdia n pl, bellāria n pl
- Latvian: saldumi m pl
- Macedonian: сла́тки n pl (slátki)
- Malagasy: fanaovan-javamamy
- Malay: gula-gula (ms)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: konfekt m
- Nynorsk: konfekt m
- O'odham: lu꞉lsi
- Pashto: کینډی
- Polish: słodycze (pl) pl
- Portuguese: doces (pt), confeitaria (pt) f
- Russian: конди́терские изде́лия n pl (kondíterskije izdélija), сла́дости (ru) f pl (sládosti)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: посластичарница f
- Roman: poslastičarnica (sh) f
- Spanish: dulces (es)
- Tagalog: kendi
- Tamil: மிட்டாய் (ta) (miṭṭāy)
- Telugu: మిఠాయి (te) (miṭhāyi)
- Uzbek: qandolat mahsulotlari
- West Frisian: snobberij
- Yiddish: זיסוואַרג n (zisvarg), גוטע־זאַכן pl (gute-zakhn), נאַשעכץ n (nashekhts), מטעמים pl (matamim), קאָנפֿעקטור f (konfektur), ממתּקים pl (mamtakim)
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business of manufacturing confectionery
shop where confectionery is sold
— see sweetshop
