different between preserve vs compote

English

Alternative forms

• præserve (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English preserven, from Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin pr?serv?re (“keep, preserve”), from Late Latin praeserv?re (“guard beforehand”), from prae (“before”, adverb) +? serv?re (“maintain, keep”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???z??v/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???z?v/
• Rhymes: -??(?)v

Noun

preserve (countable and uncountable, plural preserves)

1. A sweet spread made of any of a variety of fruits.
2. A reservation, a nature preserve.
   • 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:

     Suppose Shakespeare had been knocked on the head some dark night in Sir Thomas Lucy's preserves, the world would have wagged on better or worse, the pitcher gone to the well, the scythe to the corn, and the student to his book; and no one been any the wiser of the loss.

3. An activity with restricted access.
   • 1989, H. T. Willetts (translator), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (author), August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ?ISBN, page 86:

     No one can argue with that—neither the Army Commander nor Zhilinsky nor even the Grand Duke. That is the Emperor’s preserve. The Emperor says France must be saved. We can only do his bidding.

Usage notes

More often used in the plural, as strawberry preserves, but the form without the -s can also be used as the plural form, or to refer to a single type.

Translations

Synonyms

• jam
• jelly
• marmalade

See also

• preserver

Verb

preserve (third-person singular simple present preserves, present participle preserving, simple past and past participle preserved)

1. To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
2. To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.

   to preserve peaches or grapes

3. To maintain throughout; to keep intact.

   to preserve appearances; to preserve silence

Translations

References

Anagrams

• persever, perverse

Portuguese

Verb

preserve

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

Spanish

Verb

preserve

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

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).