confiture

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French confiture.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnfɪtjʊə(ɹ)/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnfɪt͡ʃɚ/

Noun

confiture (countable and uncountable, plural confitures)

a preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit
Synonyms: preserve, comfit, comfiture

Translations

a preserve or candied fruit

Estonian: konfitüür
French: confiture (fr) f
German: Konfitüre (de) f
Japanese: コンフィチュール (konfichūru), コンフィテューレ (konfityūre)
Polish: konfitura (pl) f, konfitury nvir
Russian: варе́нье (ru) n (varénʹje), конфитю́р (ru) m (konfitjúr)
Spanish: mermelada (es) f

French

Etymology

From confit +‎ -ure.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.fi.tyʁ/
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Homophone: confitures
Rhymes: -yʁ

Noun

confiture f (plural confitures)

jam (UK), jelly (US)
Synonym: (colloquial) confiote
preserve

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Danish: konfiture
→ English: confiture, comfiture
→ German: Konfitüre
→ Italian: confittura (Switzerland)
→ Russian: конфитюр (konfitjur)
→ Spanish: confitura

Further reading

“confiture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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