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confit

/ˈkɒnfiː/US/kɑnˈfiː/

confit noun: any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.

confit: any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation
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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.
    • Korean classics such as pajeon, bibimbap and mandoo are re-imagined with ingredients like cauliflower ricotta, fennel kimchi, and king oyster mushroom confit.2012, M.V. Kunda, Ed Im, Kunda Eats Best New Restaurants in America, 2012 edition, New York, N.Y.: Vayu Publishing, →ISBN, page 110

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.
    • I came up with a menu to showcase the alliums in several manifestations: raw, quickly sautéed and slowly confited.2008 June 18, Melissa Clark, “A Garlic Festival Without a Single Clove”, in New York Times

Forms of confit

Noun
pluralconfits
Verb
third-person singular presentconfits
present participleconfiting
past participleconfited
pastconfited

Origin of confit

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. Compare comfit.

Questions about confit

What does confit mean?
Confit means any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.
What part of speech is confit?
Confit can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce confit?
Confit is pronounced /ˈkɒnfiː/.
What is the plural of confit?
The plural of confit is confits.

Words near confit in the dictionary

  1. confiscator
  2. confiscators
  3. confiscatory
  4. confiseur
  5. confiseurs
  6. confit
  7. confited
  8. confitent
  9. confitents
  10. confiteor
  11. confiteors

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