Turkish delight

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A soft, sticky confection made from starch and sugar with various flavourings.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Españoldelicias turcas lokum

Françaisloukoum rahat-loukoum

DeutschLokum

25 more languages

العربيةراحة الحلقوم

Българскилокум

Bosanskilokum rahat-lokum ratlukлокум ратлук рахат-локум

Češtinaturecký med

Ελληνικάλουκούμι

Esperantolukumo

Suomilokum

Hrvatskilokum rahat-lokum ratlukлокум ратлук рахат-локум

Magyarszultánkenyér

Հայերենլոխում հանգստապատառ ռահատ լոխում

Italianolokum

日本語ターキッシュ・ディライトロクム

한국어로쿰 터키시 딜라이트

Македонскилокум

NederlandsTurks fruit

Polskirachatłukum

Portuguêsdelícia turca manjar turco

Românărahat rahat turcesc rahatlocum

Русскийлуку́м рахат-лукум

Српскиlokum rahat-lokum ratlukлокум ратлук рахат-локум

Svenskamarmeladkonfekt

Тоҷикӣроҳатулҳулқум

Türkçelokum

O'zbekcharohat-luqum

Examples

“Bunter thanked him gravely for his good opinion, and proffered a box of that equally nauseating mess called Turkish Delight, which not only gluts the palate and glues the teeth, but also smothers the consumer in a floury cloud of white sugar.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

Turkish draughts Turkish knot Turkish pizza Turkish Republic Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Turkish Riviera

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