конфета

Russian

Etymology

First borrowed from German Konfekt in the form of конфе́кта (konfékta) in the 16th century, ultimately from Latin cōnfectus. Later influenced by or borrowed again from Italian confetto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐnˈfʲetə]
  • (file)

Noun

конфе́та • (konféta) f inan (genitive конфе́ты, nominative plural конфе́ты, genitive plural конфе́т, relational adjective конфе́тный, diminutive конфе́тка)

  1. sweet (sugary confection), bonbon, sweetmeat, candy

Declension

  • конфе́тный (konfétnyj)

Descendants

  • Armenian: կոնֆետ (konfet)
  • Azerbaijani: konfet
  • Bashkir: кәнфит (kənfit)
  • Chechen: кемпет (kempet)
  • Crimean Tatar: qanfet
  • Georgian: კანფეტი (ḳanpeṭi)
  • Ingush: конфет (konfet)
  • Kazakh: кәмпит (kämpit)
  • Kyrgyz: конфета (konfeta)
  • Ossetian: къафетт (k’afett)
  • Persian: کانفت (kânfet)
  • Tajik: конфет (konfet)
  • Tatar: кәнфит (känfit), конфет (qonfet)
  • Ukrainian: конфе́та (konféta)
  • Uzbek: konfet
  • Uyghur: كەمپۈت (kempüt)
  • Western Mari: кампеткӓ (kampetkä)
  • Yakut: кэмпиэт (kempiet)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian конфе́та (konféta), that was borrowed from Italian confetto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɔnˈfɛtɐ]

Noun

конфе́та • (konféta) f inan (genitive конфе́ти, nominative plural конфе́ти, genitive plural конфе́т, relational adjective конфе́тний, diminutive конфе́тка)

  1. (colloquial) candy; sweet
    Synonyms: (more common) цуке́рка (cukérka), цуке́рок (cukérok), (regional) бонбо́н (bonbón)

Declension

References

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