• (RP) IPA: /ˈswiːtˌhɑːt/
• (America) IPA: /ˈswitˌhɑɹt/, [ˈswiˌɾ(ʱ)ɑɹt̠̚]

sweetheart (plural sweethearts)

1. A person who is always very kind#Adjective|kind.

   She is such a sweetheart: she never complains about me being late.

2. A person very much liked or love#Verb|loved by someone, especially when both partner#Noun|partners are young#Adjective|young.

   John married his high-school sweetheart in 1981.

   • c. 1591–1595, [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Iuliet. […] (Second Quarto), London: Printed by Thomas Creede, for Cuthbert Burby, […], published 1599, OCLC 222309388 ↗, [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, {{...}

3. (US) A female#Adjective|female member of a college or university fraternity.

• (kind person) sweetie.
• (romantic term of endearment) dear, darling, sweetie, see also Thesaurus:sweetheart

• sweet
• sweetie

• French: chéri
• Italian: gentile, cara, caro
• Portuguese: gentil, meigo
• Russian: ду́шка
• Spanish: dulzura

• French: amante, chéri, chérie, amour, ange
• German: Liebchen, Liebling, Schatz, Liebster, Liebste
• Italian: amore, tesoro, dolcezza
• Portuguese: amor, tesouro, doçura, querido, anjo
• Russian: возлю́бленный
• Spanish: corazón