confiserie — meaning in English
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English meaning
- confection noun A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
- confectionery noun Sweets, chocolates and similar sugary foods, considered collectively.
Senses
confiserie is used for these senses in English:
- confection A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
- confectionery (uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.
- confectionery (uncountable) The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner.
- sweetshop A shop selling confectionery, especially one that sells predominantly confectionery.
confection — full definition
- noun A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
- noun The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
- noun The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
- noun An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
confectionery — full definition
- noun Sweets, chocolates and similar sugary foods, considered collectively.
- noun The trade or craft of making sweets and chocolates.