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Webster 1913 Edition

Compote

‖

Com′pote

(kŏm′pōt)

,

Noun.

[F. See

.]

1.

A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered;

as, a

compote

of pears

.

Littré.

Definition 2024

compote

compote

See also: compoté

English

Noun

compote ‎(plural compotes)

A dessert made of fruit cooked in sugary syrup.
A dish used for serving fruit.

Translations

fruit dessert

Armenian: կոմպոտ (hy) ‎(kompot)
Bulgarian: компот m ‎(kompot)
Czech: kompot (cs) m
Danish: kompot c
Estonian: kompott
Finnish: kompotti (fi)
French: compote (fr) f
German: Kompott (de) n
Greek: κομπόστα (el) f ‎(kompósta)
Hungarian: kompót (hu)
Italian: composta (it) f

Polish: kompot (pl) m
Portuguese: compota (pt) f
Romanian: compot (ro) n
Russian: компо́т (ru) m ‎(kompót)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ко̀мпо̄т m

Roman: kòmpōt (sh) m
Slovene: kompot m
Spanish: compota (es) f
Yiddish: קאָמפּאָט m ‎(kompot)

dish used for serving fruit

Bulgarian: купа (bg) ‎(kupa)

French

Etymology

From Latin compositus.

Noun

compote f ‎(plural compotes)

stewed fruit or meat, compote

Verb

compote

inflection of compoter:
1. first-person and third-person singular present indicative
2. first-person and third-person singular present subjunctive
3. second-person singular imperative