sweet tooth

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Noun

sweet tooth (plural sweet tooths)

(idiomatic, only in singular) A liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets.
He eats a healthy diet most of the time, but has a sweet tooth when it comes to candy.
(idiomatic, countable) Someone with a liking for sweet foods.
The edible fungus Hydnum repandum.

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Translations

a liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets

Dutch: voorliefde voor zoet f
Finnish: karkkihammas
French: bec sucré (fr) m
Hungarian: édesszájú (hu)
Scottish Gaelic: corrag mhilis f (literally “sweet finger”), smealas m
Welsh: dant melys m

someone with a liking for sweet foods

Catalan: llaminer (ca) m, llépol (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 愛吃甜食／爱吃甜食 (ài chī tiánshí)
Dutch: liefhebber van zoet m or f, zoetekauw (nl) m
Erzya: тантюкш (tanťukš)
Finnish: perso makealle (adjective)
French: bec sucré (fr) m
Galician: larpeiro (gl) m, lambón (gl) m
German: Naschkatze (de) f, Schlecker (de) m, Schleckerin f
Greek: γλυκατζής (el) m (glykatzís), γλυκατζού f (glykatzoú)
Hungarian: édesszájú (hu)
Icelandic: nammigrís, sælgætisgrís m
Japanese: 甘党 (ja) (あまとう, amatō)
Old Ruthenian: цꙋкролю́бецъ (cukroljúbecʹ), сладколю́бецъ (sladkoljúbecʹ)
Portuguese: formiguinha f
Russian: сладкое́жка (ru) m or f (sladkojéžka), сластёна m or f (slastjóna)

Hydnum repandum

Finnish: vaaleaorakas
Norwegian:
Bokmål: piggsopp (no) m

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