confiture

«confiture» in Mova's school dictionary: the French word for jam or fruit preserve: «confiture de… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (confiture, confitures) — French word, rare in English

meaning for a pupil

1) (French) Confiture is the French word for jam or fruit preserve: «confiture de fraises» means strawberry jam; to an English ear it sounds like «kon-fee-TOOR». tree →

2) In English it is a rare, fancy word used on jars and menus for a jam or sweet preserve. tree →

sense in the lessons

In French lessons, «la confiture» comes up in breakfast vocabulary: bread, butter and jam (du pain, du beurre et de la confiture). In shops, posh jars may say «confiture». It is not a usual English word; in English people say «jam» (UK) or «jelly» or «preserves» (US). Phrases: «confiture d'abricots» (apricot jam).

examples

• In French, jam is «la confiture». tree →
• «Je voudrais de la confiture» means «I'd like some jam». tree →
• The jar said «Confiture de fraises». tree →
• We spread confiture on our croissants in Paris. tree →
• Confiture is made by boiling fruit with sugar. tree →
• The menu offered toast with butter and confiture. tree →

note

Mostly a French word, not ordinary English. In French it is feminine: «la confiture». False friend trap: it is not «confectionery» (sweets) and not «comfit» exactly, though they come from the same old root.

In the corpora

• Jam is la confiture; préservatif is an embarrassing false friend and does not mean jam.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «confiture» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.