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# confiture

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

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

## Everyday

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confiture/#m1)
2. In English it is a rare, fancy word used on jars and menus for a jam or sweet preserve. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confiture/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confiture/#x1)
- «Je voudrais de la confiture» means «I'd like some jam». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confiture/#x2)
- The jar said «Confiture de fraises». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confiture/#x3)
- We spread confiture on our croissants in Paris. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confiture/#x4)
- Confiture is made by boiling fruit with sugar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confiture/#x5)
- The menu offered toast with butter and confiture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/confiture/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

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