compote
Pronunciation: /kɔ̃.pɔt/
“compote” is a French word. Its meaning in English:
noun
In French
- Entremets sucré fait avec des fruits entiers ou en quartiers et qui est moins cuit que les confitures faites pour être gardées.
- Manière d’accommoder la viande en ragout. Viande trop cuite.
- Composition.
Etymology
Inherited from Old French composte, compost, from Latin compostus, syncopated variant of compositus. Doublet of compost and composite.
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More French words
- composé semi-amphiphile
- composé sémiochimique
- compotateur
- compotation
- compoter
- compotier
- compound
- compoundage
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