"confit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒnfiː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-confit.wav Forms: confits [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French confit, past participle of confire (“to preserve”), from Latin cōnficiō (perfect passive participle cōnfectus). Doublet of comfit, confect, confetto, and konfyt. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{ubor|en|fr|confit}} Unadapted borrowing from French confit, {{der|en|la|cōnficiō}} Latin cōnficiō, {{doublet|en|comfit|confect|confetto|konfyt}} Doublet of comfit, confect, confetto, and konfyt Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} confit (countable and uncountable, plural confits)
  1. Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-confit-en-noun-DoZMB5YJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 17 2 14 1 2 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 1 14 0 1 33 33

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɒnfiː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-confit.wav Forms: confits [present, singular, third-person], confiting [participle, present], confited [participle, past], confited [past]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French confit, past participle of confire (“to preserve”), from Latin cōnficiō (perfect passive participle cōnfectus). Doublet of comfit, confect, confetto, and konfyt. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{ubor|en|fr|confit}} Unadapted borrowing from French confit, {{der|en|la|cōnficiō}} Latin cōnficiō, {{doublet|en|comfit|confect|confetto|konfyt}} Doublet of comfit, confect, confetto, and konfyt Head templates: {{en-verb}} confit (third-person singular simple present confits, present participle confiting, simple past and past participle confited)
  1. (transitive) To prepare (food) in this manner. Tags: transitive Related terms: comfitconfiture
    Sense id: en-confit-en-verb-L7LvXHK5

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