confit

noun

con·​fit kōn-ˈfē 

kȯn-, 

kän-

1

: meat (such as goose, duck, or pork) that has been cooked and preserved in its own fat

2

: a garnish made usually from fruit or vegetables that are cooked until tender in a seasoned liquid

Examples of confit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

It’s garnished with confit shiitake. —Pamela MacNaughtan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Nov. 2025

The menu offers everything from flatbread pizzas to duck confit ragu. —Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025

For an incredibly indulgent duck confit, go to Au Pied de Fouet. —Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2025

Duck confit veers toward the finer side, a delicate duck leg served on a silver platter with a sweet-savory creamy cherry glaze spilled beneath it. —Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 31 Oct. 2025

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, noun derivative from past participle of confire "to treat (food, an animal or vegetable substance) in order to preserve it," going back to Old French "to prepare (a drink), preserve (fruit) in a liquid or sugar," going back to Latin conficere "to carry out, perform, make, bring about, collect, bring to completion" — more at confect

Note: In sense 1 the French word is most likely a gallicized form of the cognate word in the Occitan of Gascony or Languedoc. See note at comfit.

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for confit

• acquit
• admit
• amrit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite