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The French word for jam is
confiture





jam

Gender

The gender of confiture is feminine. E.g. la confiture.

French Definition


jam
     1. n. Confiture.
           I love strawberry jam.
     2. n. Embouteillage.
           Traffic jam.
     3. n. Impromptu musical.
     4. n. Difficulté
           I'm in a bit of a jam right now. Can you help me out?
     5. n. Bouchon.
           Paper jam.
     6. v. (Musique) Improviser de la musique.
           The musicians decided on the spur of the moment to get together and jam.
     7. v. (Défense) Brouiller.
           The enemy was jamming the radio broadcasts.
     8. v. (Argot) Bloquer un membre, un objet.
           They jammed him up, and he was never able to recover.



Translations for jam and their definitions

coincer
     1. v. to wedge, to jam, to catch (e.g. one's finger in a door)
     2. v. to turn a corner
     3. v. (informal) to catch out, to expose
     4. v. (informal, intransitive) to cause a problem
           Ça coince encore pour moi! - I am in trouble again!
     5. v. (figurative) to corner, to trap
     6. v. to get stuck


brouiller
     1. v. to blur
     2. v. to mix up, confuse
     3. v. to scramble (an egg)
     4. v. to set at odds, put (someone) off (something)
     5. v. to jam (a transmission), to scramble (a message)
     6. v. to become blurred, get mixed up
     7. v. to fall out
     8. v. to cloud over


embouteillage
     1. n-m. bottling
     2. n-m. blockade
     3. n-m. traffic jam, gridlock


enfoncer
     1. v. to push in, to press in, to drive in
     2. v. to break open, to break down
     3. v. to defeat, to thrash
     4. v. to sink down
     5. v. to bury oneself; to immerse oneself



bœuf
     1. n-m. ox
     2. n-m. beef
     3. n-m. (music) jam session
           faire un bœuf - to have a jam session
     4. n-m. (Quebec, slang) a police officer; a pig


embouteiller
     1. v. to bottle, to bottle up, to put into bottles
     2. v. (of traffic) to back up


confiture
     1. n-f. jam (UK), jelly (US)
     2. n-f. preserve


pétrin
     1. n-m. kneading trough
     2. n-m. (figuratively, colloquial) a pickle, mess, scrape, the soup
           être dans le pétrin - to be in a jam, to be in the soup


fourrer
     1. v. to shove, stick, stuff (dans in something)
     2. v. to stuff (a turkey etc.); to fill (a cake)


jam


enrayer
     1. v. to slow down, brake
     2. v. to curb, check
     3. v. to jam, to block (a weapon)


marmelade
     1. n-f. marmalade


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