confiture

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confiture
n. jam; preserved or candied fruit

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Confiture
A confiture is any fruit jam, marmalade, paste, sweetmeat, or fruit stewed in thick syrup. Confit, the root of the word, comes from the French word confire which means literally "preserved"; a confit being any type of food that is cooked slowly over a long period of time as a method of preservation.

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confiture

Noun
1. preserved or candied fruit
(hypernym) sweet, confection, confectionery
(hyponym) candied fruit, crystallized fruit


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confiture
nf. jam, marmalade, jelly, preserve

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confiture (de)
n. confiture