compote
French, noun
compote is spelled C-O-M-P-O-T-E (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,512th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compote is a French feminine noun meaning “stewed fruit or meat, compote” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of compoter. With an accent, compoté is a different word: “past participle of compoter”. With an accent, compôte is a different word: “uncommon form of compote”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Entremets sucré fait avec des fruits entiers ou en quartiers et qui est moins cuit que les confitures faites…”.
What does compote mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestewed fruit or meat, compote
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of compoter
noun
- 1
feminineuncommon form of compote
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Entremets sucré fait avec des fruits entiers ou en quartiers et qui est moins cuit que les confitures faites pour être gardées. 2. Manière d’accommoder la viande en ragout. Viande trop cuite. 3. Composition.
adjective: 1. Se dit d'un vin trop sucré, pommadé.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of compote
- compotes plural
- compôte alternative
- compotée feminine
- compotés masculine plural
- compotées feminine plural
- compôtes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to compote
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is compote in French?
compote appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).