sweetheart

English

A "Sweetheart pin" with the emblem of the South Irish Horse (SIH) Regiment in World War I, sent by a soldier to his girlfriend as a memento

sweetheart (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, [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, […]
(US) A female member of a college or university fraternity.

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

a person who is always very kind

a person very much liked or loved by someone

Arabic: حَبِيب‎ m (ḥabīb), حَبِيبَة‎ f (ḥabība)
Assamese: কলিজা (koliza)
Belarusian: лю́бы m (ljúby), лю́бая f (ljúbaja)
Burmese: ရည်းစား (my) (rany:ca:), အချစ် (my) (a.hkyac), ချစ်သူ (my) (hkyacsu)
Cherokee: ᏧᎾᏓᏓᏡᎩ (tsunadadatlugi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 親愛的 (zh), 亲爱的 (zh) (qīn'ài de), 寶貝 (zh), 宝贝 (zh) (bǎobèi)
Czech: miláček m
Danish: elskede (da) c
Finnish: kullanmuru (fi), kultanen, rakas (fi), sydänkäpy
French: amante (fr) f, chéri (fr) m, chérie (fr) f, amour (fr) m, ange (fr) m
Georgian: სატრფო (saṭrpo), მიჯნური (miǯnuri), საყვარელი (saq̇vareli)
German: Liebchen (de) n, Liebling (de) m, Schatz (de) m, Liebster m, Liebste f
Greek: εραστής (el) m (erastís), ερωμένη (el) f (eroméni)
Hungarian: édes (hu)
Irish: cumann m
Italian: amore (it) c, tesoro (it) c, dolcezza (it) f
Japanese: (informal term for a male) カレシ (kareshi); (informal term for a female) カノジョ (kanojo); (general) 恋人 (ja) (koibito), スイートハート (suītohāto), 愛すべき (あいすべき, aisubeki), (darling) ダーリン (dārin), (honey) ハニー (hāni), (wife to husband) 貴方 (ja) (あなた, anata), (husband to wife) 君 (ja) (きみ, kimi)
Korean: 여보 (ko) (yeobo), 자기 (ko) (jagi)
Latin: dēliciae f pl, corculum n

Macedonian: љубен m (ljúben), љубена f (ljúbena), либе n (líbe)
Malay: sayang (ms)
Maori: whaiāipo, tau (mi), tahu, ipo, kaimanawa, kaihou, ate (mi)
Michif: nicimos
Navajo: sheʼashkii m, sheʼatʼééd f
Persian: دلدار‎ (fa) (deldār), دلارام‎ (fa) (delārām), دلبر‎ (fa) (delbar), یار‎ (fa) (yār)
Polish: sympatia (pl) f, ukochany (pl) m, kochanie (pl) n, ukochana (pl) f
Portuguese: amor (pt) m or f, tesouro (pt) m or f, doçura (pt) f, querido (pt) m, anjo (pt) m or f
Romanian: iubit (ro) m, iubită (ro) f, drag (ro) m, drăguță (ro) f
Russian: возлю́бленный (ru) m (vozljúblennyj), возлю́бленная (ru) f (vozljúblennaja), дорого́й (ru) m (dorogój), дорога́я (ru) f (dorogája), люби́мый (ru) m (ljubímyj), люби́мая (ru) f (ljubímaja), ду́шенька (ru) f (dúšenʹka), голу́бушка (ru) f (golúbuška)
Scottish Gaelic: leannan m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: диридика f

Roman: diridika f
Spanish: corazón (es) m
Swahili: tamu (sw), pipi (sw)
Taos: pìa’ąsíne (plural)
Thai: หวานใจ (wǎan-jai)
Vietnamese: người yêu (vi)

darling — see darling

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