comfiture

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/kʌm.fɪ.tjʊə/

noun

A confection, especially of preserved fruit.

OriginFrench confiture ← Latin confectūra →
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Meanings

nouncomfiture (plural comfitures)

plural comfitures

  1. obsoleteA confection, especially of preserved fruit.

    Onely let mee love none, no, not the sport / From country grasse, to comfitures of Court […]

    1635, John Donne, Loves Usury

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
confiture

Origin

  1. Latinconfectūra
  2. Frenchconfiture
  3. Englishcomfiture

From French confiture, from Latin confectūra.

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APA

comfiture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comfiture

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“comfiture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comfiture. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “comfiture,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comfiture.

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