English

Noun

confit ‎(plural confits)

1. Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.

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.
   • 2008 June 18, Melissa Clark, “A Garlic Festival Without a Single Clove”, in New York Times:

     I came up with a menu to showcase the alliums in several manifestations: raw, quickly sautéed and slowly confited.

French

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Latin cōnfectus.

Adjective

confit m ‎(feminine singular confite, masculine plural confits, feminine plural confites)

1. (food) preserved, pickled

Derived terms

• confiture

Related terms

• confire

Noun

confit f ‎(plural confits)

1. confit

Verb

confit

1. past participle of confire
2. third-person singular present indicative of confire
3. third-person singular past historic of confire

Latin

Verb

cōnfīt

1. third-person singular present active indicative of cōnfiō

References

• confit in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “confit”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.