confiture

Examples

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• Confiture...

  Battle of the Damned (2013)

• But this, this Camembert with that bit of sweet in the confiture and that touch of Marcona almonds, well done.

  Blog text (23)

• Henri, I'm going to make you an "omelette á la confiture".

  An American in Paris (1951)

• I enjoy spreading confiture on my toast every morning.

• The chef prepared a delicious confiture made from fresh strawberries.

• At the market, I bought a jar of raspberry confiture to serve with cheese.

Synonyms

J

jam

vsconfiture

76 1.0

A sweet spread made by boiling crushed fruit with sugar

is the same idea but often uses larger fruit pieces and a French tone

P

preserve

vsconfiture

10 2.6

A sweet fruit spread you make by cooking fruit with sugar

is the French-style name for that product often used for table spreads

P

preserves

vsconfiture

2.3

A sweet spread you make by cooking fruit with sugar, often with pieces of fruit left

is the French-style version rather than the general sweet spread

C

conserve

vsconfiture

• UK

5.1

A sweet fruit spread made by cooking fruit with sugar

is used more widely for French-style sweet spreads rather than whole-piece types

C

conserves

vsconfiture

• UK

3.7

A sweet spread made by cooking large pieces of fruit with sugar

is the French-style sweet product used broadly not only whole-piece preparations

Surface Forms

Etymology