different between conserve vs compote

English

Etymology

From Old French conserver, from Latin conservare (“to keep, preserve”), from com- (intensive prefix) + servo (“keep watch, maintain”). See also observe.

Pronunciation

Noun

• enPR: k?n'sû(r)v, IPA^(key): /?k?ns??(?)v/
• Rhymes: -?ns??(?)v

Verb

• enPR: k?n-sû(r)v', IPA^(key): /k?n?s??(?)v/
• Rhymes: -??(r)v

Noun

conserve (plural conserves)

1. Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
2. A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.
   • August 11, 1709, Isaac Bickerstaff (pseudonym for Richard Steele or (in some later numbers of the journal) Joseph Addison), The Tatler No. 53

     I shall […] study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman.

3. (obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.
4. (obsolete) A conservatory.
   • c. 1700, John Evelyn, Elysium Britannicum

     water […] alwayes placed in the Conserve

Translations

Verb

conserve (third-person singular simple present conserves, present participle conserving, simple past and past participle conserved)

1. (transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.

   to conserve fruits with sugar

   • 1721, John Strype, Ecclesiastical Memorials

     the amity which […] they meant to conserve and maintain with the emperor

2. (transitive) To protect an environment.
3. (physics, chemistry, intransitive) To remain unchanged during a process

Derived terms

• conservation
• conservative
• conservatory

Translations

Anagrams

• Cervones, Converse, converse, coveners, encovers

French

Noun

conserve f (plural conserves)

1. canned food, preserve

Derived terms

Verb

conserve

1. first-person singular present indicative of conserver
2. third-person singular present indicative of conserver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of conserver
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of conserver
5. second-person singular imperative of conserver

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• recevons

Italian

Noun

conserve f

1. plural of conserva

Anagrams

• converse
• scernevo

Latin

Noun

c?nserve

1. vocative singular of c?nservus

Portuguese

Verb

conserve

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of conservar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of conservar
3. first-person singular imperative of conservar
4. third-person singular imperative of conservar

Spanish

Verb

conserve

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of conservar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of conservar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of conservar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of conservar.

English

Alternative forms

• compot (dated)
• compôte

Etymology

Borrowed from French compote. Doublet of compost.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?mp??t/, /?k?mp?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?mpo?t/
• Hyphenation: com?pote

Noun

compote (plural compotes)

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

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.p?t/

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• compôte

Noun

compote f (plural compotes)

1. stewed fruit or meat, compote

Derived terms

• compoter

Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

compote

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

Further reading

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