confection

Etymology
From, borrowed from (French ), borrowed from , from confectus, past participle of , from  +. Originally "the making by means of ingredients"; sense of "candy or light pastry" predominant since 1500s.

Noun

 * 1) A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.
 * 2) The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something.
 * 3) The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction.
 * 4)  An artistic, musical, or literary work taken as frivolous, amusing, or contrived; a composition of a light nature.
 * 5)  Something, such as a garment or a decoration, that is very elaborate, delicate, or luxurious, usually also impractical or non-utilitarian.
 * 6)  A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
 * 7)  A medicinal preparation of any kind, a compound of drugs.
 * 8)  A deadly poison.
 * 1)  A preparation of medicine sweetened with sugar, honey, syrup, or the like; an electuary.
 * 2)  A medicinal preparation of any kind, a compound of drugs.
 * 3)  A deadly poison.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: suikergoed
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: حَلْوَى
 * Bulgarian: сладкиш, бонбон
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Danish: godbid
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: makeat herkut; ;  ;
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ტკბილეულობა
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: γλύκυσμα
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: olahan gula
 * Irish:, sólas, sócamas
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, コンフェクション
 * Korean:
 * Malay:, کونفيکسي
 * Norwegian: konfekt
 * Ottoman Turkish: حلوا
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , конди́терские изде́лия,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Turkish: ,

Verb

 * 1) To make into a confection, prepare as a confection.

Etymology
, borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) making, creation, development,
 * 2) ready-to-wear clothing
 * 3) the ready-to-wear clothing industry
 * 1) the ready-to-wear clothing industry