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French
Pronunciation
Verb
compota
- third-person singular past historic of compoter
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French compote (“mixture”).[1][2] Piecewise doublet of composta and compósita.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
- Hyphenation: com‧po‧ta
Noun
compota f (plural compotas)
- jam (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
- Synonyms: doce, geleia
- compote
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French compote. Doublet of compuesta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /komˈpota/
- Rhymes: -ota
- Syllabification: com‧po‧ta
Noun
compota f (plural compotas)
- compote (fruit dessert)
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