confiture
a confection; a preserve, as of fruit.
Origin of confiture
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How to use confiture in a sentence
But no, before me I perceive a dish of confiture, that which the Scottish call "marmaladde."
Mr. Punch in the Highlands | VariousI think she expected to smell a ravishing fragrance of Jim's favourite confiture as we entered the town.
Everyman's Land | C. N. Williamson and A. M. WilliamsonShe was making wonderful little tarts with crimped edges to be filled with assortments of confiture.
Molly Brown of Kentucky | Nell SpeedIt is an astringent and ill-flavoured thing, but confiture made of it is not bad.
The Bbur-nma in English | Babur, Emperor of HindustanJean, who comes around at mess time for "confiture Americaine," and who has learned how to say "chewing gum" and "cigarette."
"I was there" | C. LeRoy Baldridge
British Dictionary definitions for confiture
/ (ˈkɒnfɪˌtjʊə) /
a confection, preserve of fruit, etc
Origin of confiture
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