compote

Borrowed from French compote. Doublet of compost.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmpəʊt/, /ˈkɒmpɒt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmpoʊt/
• Hyphenation: com‧pote

compote (plural compotes)

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

From Old French composte, compost, from Latin compostus, syncopated variant of compositus. Doublet of compost and composite.

compote f (plural compotes)

1. stewed fruit or meat, compote

compote

1. 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

• “compote” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).