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

Parish skins the leg quarters — frying up the exteriors for cracklins — and smokes them before a three-hour confit. —Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025

The menu includes mussels, escargots, duck confit and roasted rack of lamb and the backdrop heightens the dining experience. —Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025

More adventurous diners can try Peruvian delicacies like guinea pig confit with Parmesan, corn, nutmeg, butter and cream, or the alpaca steak with Parmesan and baby carrots. —Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025

There’s also Boa Vista Terrace, a relaxed all-day restaurant on a garden terrace offering Atlantic flavors, like cod confit and mussels with cockle rice. —Caroline Tell, Forbes.com, 14 July 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