confiture

Borrowed from French confiture.

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnfɪtjʊə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnfɪt͡ʃɚ/

confiture (countable and uncountable, plural confitures)

1. a preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit

   Synonyms: preserve, comfit, comfiture

From confit +‎ -ure.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.fi.tyʁ/

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• Homophone: confitures
• Rhymes: -yʁ

confiture f (plural confitures)

1. jam (UK), jelly (US)

   Synonym: (colloquial) confiote

2. preserve
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎^[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:

     Au coin des rues, il y avait de petits tas roses qui fumaient l'air, c'était le moment des confitures, et tout le monde à Yonville, confectionnait sa provision le même jour.

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

• “confiture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012