candyとは

語源 1

From Middle English sugre candy, from Old French sucre candi (字義どおりに “candied sugar”), from Arabic قَنْدِيّ‎ (qandiyy, “candied”), from Arabic قَنْد‎ (qand, “hard candy made by boiling cane sugar”), from Persian کند‎ (kand); ultimately from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “candied sugar”), root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”), or from Proto-Dravidian *kaṇṭu; compare Tamil கண்டு (kaṇṭu, “hard candy”).

名詞

candy (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 candies)

1. (uncountable, chiefly Canada, 米国用法) Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.
   • 1991, Brayfield, Celia, The Prince:

     They came down to buy sugar, flour, saltfish or candy from Nana, to collect letters and exchange gossip.

2. (countable, chiefly Canada, 米国用法) A piece of confectionery of this kind.
   • 1991, Ann Granger, A Season for Murder:

     Unwholesome pink and yellow candies were sold from trays.

3. (スラング, 主に米国用法) crack cocaine

同意語

• (confection): confectionery, sweets (英国用法), lollies (Australia), sugar candy (米国用法)
• (piece of candy): sweet (英国用法), lolly (Australia)

派生語

動詞

candy (三人称単数 現在形 candies, 現在分詞 candying, 過去形および過去分詞形 candied)

1. (cooking) To cook in, or coat with, sugar syrup.
2. (intransitive) To have sugar crystals form in or on.

   Fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.

3. (intransitive) To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.

参考

• �� (Unicode candy symbol)

語源 2

From Marathi खंडी (khaṇḍī), from Sanskrit खण्डन (khaṇḍana), from root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”).

別の表記

• candee
• candie
• kandy

名詞

candy (複数形 candies)

1. (obsolete) A unit of mass used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.

同意語

• maunee

アナグラム

• Dancy, dancy