sugar

CEFRA1

/ʃˈʊɡər/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A sweet substance used in food and drinks.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any of various small, water-soluble carbohydrates such as are used by organisms for energy and various other purposes.

Examples

  • She prefers to drink her morning coffee without adding any sugar.

  • One lump of sugar, please.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any specific variety of sugar.

  2. Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.

  3. A food consisting of small, sweet crystals, principally of sucrose, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used as sweetener and preservative.

More examples

In context

  • Sugar replaced honey as a sweetener.

  • He usually has his coffee white with one sugar.

  • I'll be with you in a moment, sugar.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Middle English sugre English sugar Inherited from Middle English sugre, borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). Akin to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”), whence the words crocodile and krokodil are derived. Doublet of jaggery and sucro-. The verb is from Middle English sugren, from the noun.