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The French word for sweet is
doux





sweet

French Definition


sweet
     1. adj. Sucré, doux.
     2. adj. (Figuré) Mignon.
     3. adj. (Musique) (Son) Mélodieux, plaisant à l'oreille.
     4. n. (UK) Produit sucré (friandise, bonbon, dessert).

Translations for sweet and their definitions

sucré
     1. adj. sugared; with sugar
     2. adj. sweet
     3. Participle. past participle of sucrer
     4. n. (Democratic Republic of the Congo) soft drink, soda pop (carbonated sweet beverage)


friandise
     1. n-f. (usually in the plural) sweet; cake; piece of cake
     2. n-f. (figuratively) something small and dainty


charmant
     1. adj. charming
     2. Participle. present participle of charmer


frais
     1. adj. fresh
           Il est frais mon poisson ! - My fish is fresh!
     2. adj. cool (temperature)
           Une brise fraîche souffla soudain sur mon visage ; je frémis doucement. - Suddenly a cool breeze blew across my face; I shivered a little.
     3. adj. recent, something that has just happened
           J’aime écouter les nouvelles fraîches du matin. - I like listening to the recent news in the morning.
     4. n. cost, charge


génial
     1. adj. ingenious, characteristic of a genius
     2. adj. (informal) great, fantastic, awesome


sympathique
     1. adj. nice, kind, friendly, likeable


doucement
     1. adv. softly
     2. adv. quietly
     3. adv. gently


doux ©
     1. adj. sweet
     2. adj. soft
     3. adj. mild
     4. adj. gentle (gradual rather than steep)
           une pente douce - a gentle slope
     5. adj. (of water) fresh, not salty
     6. adv. gently


sympa
     1. adj. (informal) nice, likeable
           C’est sympa d'avoir pensé à moi. - It's nice that you thought of me.
     2. adj. (informal) appealing, attractive


bonbon
     1. n-m. sweet, candy
     2. adv. (slang) expensive


gentil
     1. adj. helpful, kind
     2. adj. pleasant, amiable, nice
           Elle reçut une petite tape gentille sur les fesses. - She received an amiable little slap on the buttocks.
     3. adj. attractive, pretty; also derogative, in the sense of superficial, esp. in the arts
     4. adj. all very well
           C'est bien gentil tout ça, mais… - That's all very well, but...
     5. adj. well behaved, good (especially but not only about children, in the sense of good boy/girl)
     6. adj. fairly large, nice, tidy
     7. n-m. pagan, heretic
     8. n-m. gentile


mélodieux
     1. adj. sweet, melodious (having a pleasant sound)


sucreries
     1. n. plural of sucrerie


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