compote

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UK/ˈkɒmpəʊt/UK/ˈkɒmpɒt/US/ˈkɑmpoʊt/

noun

A dessert made of fruit cooked in sugary syrup.

Similar
fruit compote
OriginFrench compote →
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Meanings

nouncompote (plural compotes)

plural compotes · alternative dated compot · alternative compôte

  1. A dessert made of fruit cooked in sugary syrup.
  2. A dish used for serving fruit.

Synonyms & antonyms

noundessert of stewed or baked fruit

Similar
fruit compote
Broader
dessertsweetafters

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchcompote
  2. Englishcompote

Borrowed from French compote. Doublet of composite, compost, and kompot.

More words from French

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Translations

Bulgarian компот, купа
  • компот (kompot)fruit dessert
  • купа (kupa)dish used for serving fruit
Chinese Mandarin 蜜餞 /蜜饯
  • 蜜餞 /蜜饯 (mìjiàn)fruit dessert
Czech kompot
  • kompotfruit dessert
Danish kompot
  • kompotfruit dessert
Dutch compote
  • compotefruit dessert
Esperanto kompoto
  • kompotofruit dessert
Estonian kompott
  • kompottfruit dessert
Finnish kompotti
  • kompottifruit dessert
French compote
  • compotefruit dessert
German Kompott
  • Kompottfruit dessert
Greek κομπόστα
  • κομπόστα (kompósta)fruit dessert
Hungarian kompót
  • kompótfruit dessert
Italian composta
  • compostafruit dessert
Japanese コンポート
  • コンポート (konpōto)fruit dessert
Norwegian Bokmål kompott
  • kompottfruit dessert
Polish kompot
  • kompotfruit dessert
Portuguese compota
  • compotafruit dessert
Romanian compot
  • compotfruit dessert
Russian компо́т
  • компо́т (kompót)fruit dessert
Spanish compota
  • compotafruit dessert
Swedish kompott
  • kompottfruit dessert
Turkish komposto, hoşaf
  • kompostofruit dessert
  • hoşaffruit dessert
Yiddish קאָמפּאָט
  • קאָמפּאָט (kompot)fruit dessert
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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