confiture

[ kon-fi-choor ]

noun

1. a confection; a preserve, as of fruit.

confiture

/ ˈkɒnfɪˌtjʊə /

noun

1. a confection, preserve of fruit, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of confiture¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French. See comfit, -ure

Word History and Origins

Origin of confiture¹

C19: from French, from Old French confire to prepare, from Latin conficere to produce; see confect

Example Sentences

But no, before me I perceive a dish of confiture, that which the Scottish call "marmaladde."

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I think she expected to smell a ravishing fragrance of Jim's favourite confiture as we entered the town.

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She was making wonderful little tarts with crimped edges to be filled with assortments of confiture.

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It is an astringent and ill-flavoured thing, but confiture made of it is not bad.

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Jean, who comes around at mess time for "confiture Americaine," and who has learned how to say "chewing gum" and "cigarette."

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Related Words

• candy
• chocolate
• confection
• dessert
• snack