sweetheart
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English swete hert, swete heorte; equivalent to sweet + heart.
Pronunciation Nounsweetheart (plural sweethearts)
- A person who is always very kind.
- She is such a sweetheart: she never complains about me being late.
- A person very much liked or loved by someone, especially when both partners are young.
- John married his high-school sweetheart in 1981.
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Iuliet. […] (Second Quarto), London: […] Thomas Creede, for Cuthbert Burby, […], published 1599, →OCLC ↗, [Act IV, scene v]:
- Why Lambe, why Lady, fie you ſluggabed, / Why Loue I ſay, Madam, ſweeteheart, why Bride: / What not a word, you take your penniworths now, / Sleepe for a weeke, […]
- (US) A female member of a college or university fraternity.
- (kind person) sweetie.
- (romantic term of endearment) babe, baby, dear, darling, sweetie, see also Thesaurus:sweetheart
- French: chéri
- German: Schatz, herzensguter Mensch, Seele von Mensch
- Italian: gentile, cara, caro
- Portuguese: gentil, meigo
- Russian: ду́шка
- Spanish: dulzura
- French: amante, chéri, chérie, amour, ange
- German: Liebchen, Liebling, Schatz, Liebster, Liebste, Herzallerliebster, Herzallerliebste
- Italian: amore, tesoro, dolcezza
- Portuguese: amor, tesouro, doçura, querido, anjo
- Russian: возлю́бленный
- Spanish: corazón
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