confite

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

confite

1. feminine singular of confit

Latin

Verb

cōnfīte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of cōnfīō

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈfite/ [kõɱˈfi.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ite
• Syllabification: con‧fi‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Catalan confit. Doublet of cohecho.

Noun

confite m (plural confites)

1. confection, sweetmeat

Derived terms

• confitar
• confitería
• confitero

Etymology 2

Verb

confite

1. inflection of confitar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “confite”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10