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confiture

American  
[kon-fi-choor] / ˈkɒn fɪˌtʃʊər /

noun

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


confiture British  
/ ˈkɒnfɪˌtjʊə /

noun

  1. a confection, preserve of fruit, etc

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Etymology

Origin of confiture

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

Example Sentences

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You could have some of that good bread with Plugra butter and housemade confiture or a Jerusalem bagel to eat with labneh garnished with olive oil and za’atar.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2015

To order, e-mail I just ordered this month’s Tell Tale Society package, and am alternating between the quince-caramelized honey cake, the fresh walnut and yuzu torrone and the spruce confiture de lait.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2010

There is a convent near Brisbane, Australia, where the nuns serve visitors a specialty of their religious house: confiture of prickly pear.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dessert; gâteaux, cerises, confiture d'abricot et de groseille.

From The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 by Hare, Augustus J. C.

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

From Molly Brown of Kentucky by Speed, Nell