gummy bear

English

A gummy bear

Alternative forms

Gummy Bear, gummi bear

Etymology

Calque of German Gummibärchen, the name of a confectionery.

Noun

gummy bear (plural gummy bears)

A confectionery made of gelatin, often, but not always, in the miniature shape of a toy bear, and somewhat harder than a gummy worm.

Synonyms

(confectionery made of gelatin): gummy, gummy candy, gummy sweet, gummy worm

Translations

candy

Arabic: دُبّ مَطَّاطِيّ‎ m (dubb maṭṭāṭiyy)
Bavarian: Gummiberl
Catalan: osset de goma m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 软糖熊 (ruǎntáng xióng), 甘貝熊 (gānbèi xióng), 小熊軟糖 (xiǎoxióng ruǎntáng)
Czech: gumový medvídek m
Danish: vingummibamse c
Esperanto: gumursoj, gumursetoj
Finnish: nallekarkki
French: ours d'or m
German: Gummibärchen (de) n, Gummibär (de) m
Hebrew: דובוני גומי‎ m pl, גומונים‎ pl

Hungarian: gumimaci
Italian: orsetto gommoso m
Japanese: グミベア (gumi bea)
Korean: 구미베어 (gumibeeo)
Latin: ursa cumminea f
Luxembourgish: Gummibier m
Polish: gumisie
Portuguese: bala de goma f
Russian: мармела́дный ми́шка m (marmeládnyj míška)
Spanish: osito de goma m
Swedish: gummibjörn c, bumbibjörn c, gelébjörn c, gelénalle c, godisnalle c

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