confiture

noun

con·​fi·​ture ˈkän-fə-ˌchu̇r 

-ˌtyu̇r,

-ˌtu̇r

: preserved or candied fruit : jam

Examples of confiture in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 2021 has enticing aromas of cassis, cigar box, and raspberry confiture with elegant tannins and flavors of black raspberry, black plum, and powdered cocoa in the long, long finish. —Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024

In honor of the special season, JAL serves a special strawberry confiture on all business and first class flights. —Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024

Like fruitcake in a jar, the confiture is jam-packed with quince, fig, pear, date, prune, apricot, raisin, citrus, nuts and spices ($15 for roughly 7 ounces). —Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 15 Jan. 2021

Exquisite cakes in abstract, geometric shapes, each filled with four to six layers comprising mousse, spongy cake, confiture, cream, and crunch, line the display case ($8.75 each). —BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2019

The team uses a classic French confiture technique to create their spoon preserves. —Beth Graham, Saveur, 12 June 2019

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, going back to Old French, from confit "preserved (of food)" (past participle of confire "to prepare [a drink], preserve [fruit] in a liquid or sugar") + -ure -ure — more at confit

First Known Use

1802, in the meaning defined above