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# compote

noun (compote, compotes)

«compote» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Fruit cooked slowly with sugar and a little water until soft, served cold or warm as a dessert or with yoghurt, porridge or pancakes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compote/#m1)
2. (Ukraine, Russia, Poland) A sweet drink made by boiling fruit or berries in water with sugar, often kept in big jars for winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compote/#m2)
3. (rare) A bowl on a stem for serving fruit or sweets, also called a compotier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compote/#m3)

### In the lessons

In cooking lessons and at home compote is an easy recipe: chop fruit, add sugar, simmer. In families from Ukraine and Eastern Europe «compote» (kompot) is a common homemade drink children have with dinner. In science it shows how heat softens fruit. Phrases: «apple compote», «berry compote», «rhubarb compote», «a jar of compote».

### Examples

- We had pancakes with warm berry compote. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compote/#x1)
- Grandma made apple compote with cinnamon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compote/#x2)
- Simmer the plums with sugar to make a compote. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compote/#x3)
- My Ukrainian friend's mum gave us a glass of cherry compote to drink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compote/#x4)
- Compote is nice on top of porridge or yoghurt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compote/#x5)
- The shelves in the cellar were full of jars of compote for winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compote/#x6)

### Note

Said «KOM-poht» (the final e is silent). It comes from French. Countable (two compotes) for kinds or servings, uncountable for the food in general. Not the same as «compost» (rotting garden waste); be careful, the words look alike. Jam is thicker and has more sugar than compote.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «compote» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compote/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«compote» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/compote.html) on Mova free.