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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)


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


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


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)


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


sucreries
     1. n. plural of sucrerie


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