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)

1. 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)

1. jam (UK), jelly (US)

   Synonym: (colloquial) confiote

2. preserve

Derived terms

• confiture de lait
• donner de la confiture à des cochons

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.