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noun, plural com·potes [kom-pohts; French kawn–pawt] /ˈkɒm poʊts; French kɔ̃ˈpɔt/.
- fruit stewed or cooked in a syrup, usually served as a dessert.
- Also compotier. a dish, usually of glass, china, or silver, having a base, stem, and often a lid, and used for serving fruit, nuts, candy, etc.
noun
- a dish of fruit stewed with sugar or in a syrup and served hot or cold
1690s, from French compote “stewed fruit,” from Old French composte (13c.) “mixture, compost,” from Vulgar Latin *composita, fem. of compositus (see composite). Etymologically the same word as compost (n.).