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kompot¹

  • /ˈkoʊmpɑt/ US

Where it comes from

From Bulgarian, Russian, and Ukrainian компо́т (kompót) and Polish kompot. Doublet of composite, compost, and compote.

noun kompots

  1. uncountable, usually In Central and Eastern Europe, boiled fruits (typically fresh or dried) served either as a drink or a dessert depending on the region. You can get kompot there too, an apricot-prune dessert served, Russian-style, in a glass.

kompot²

  • /ˈkoʊmpɑt/ US

Where it comes from

From Polish kompot. Doublet of composite, compost, and compote.

noun

  1. uncountable A crude Polish preparation of heroin made from poppy straw. [Thomas] O’Grady described the kompot as “kind of a distilled home brew” made from the straw of the poppy plant.

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@misc{kompot_2026,
  title = {kompot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kompot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}