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confiture.

a preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɒnfɪtjʊə(ɹ)/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɑnfɪt͡ʃɚ/General-American
  1. a preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin cōnficiō Latin cōnfectus Old French [Term?] French confit Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -(ā)tūram Old French -(ë)ure French -ure French confiturebor. English confiture Borrowed from French confiture.

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