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fodder
English
Etymology
From Middle English fodder, foder, from Old English f?dor (“feed; fodder”), from Proto-Germanic *f?dr? (compare Saterland Frisian Fodder, West Frisian foer, Dutch voer (“pasture; fodder”), German Futter (“fodder; feed”), Danish foder, Swedish foder), from *f?dô 'food', from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to guard, graze, feed”). More at food.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f?d?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f?d?/
- Rhymes: -?d?(?)
- Hyphenation: fod?der
Noun
fodder (countable and uncountable, plural fodders)
- Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
- 1598?, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona,Act I, scene I:
- The sheep for fodder follow the shepherd, the shepherd for food follows not the sheep.
- 1598?, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona,Act I, scene I:
- (historical) A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg.
- (slang, drafting, design) Tracing paper.
- (figuratively) Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour.
- According to the audio commentary on “Treehouse Of Horror III,” some of the creative folks at The Simpsons were concerned that the “Treehouse Of Horror” franchise had outworn its welcome and was rapidly running out of classic horror or science-fiction fodder to spoof.
- (cryptic crosswords) The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue.
- 2009, "Colin Blackburn", another 1-off cryptic clue. (on newsgroup rec.puzzles.crosswords)
- In (part of) Shelley's poem Ozymandias is a "crumbling statue". If this is the explanation then the clue is not a reverse cryptic in the same was[sic] as GEGS -> SCRAMBLED EGGS but a normal clue where where[sic] the fodder and anagrind are *both* indirect.
- 2009, "Colin Blackburn", another 1-off cryptic clue. (on newsgroup rec.puzzles.crosswords)
Synonyms
- (animal food): forage, provender
- (cartload): See load
Hyponyms
- (cartload): See load
Derived terms
- cannon fodder
- jail fodder
- fodder radish
- background fodder
Translations
Verb
fodder (third-person singular simple present fodders, present participle foddering, simple past and past participle foddered)
- (dialect) To feed animals (with fodder).
- Straw will do well enough to fodder them with
Anagrams
- forded
Middle English
Alternative forms
- foddre, fodre, foder, fodyr, foddur, voddur
Etymology
From Old English f?dor. Doublet of fother.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fo?d?r/
Noun
fodder (uncountable)
- fodder
Descendants
- English: fodder
- Scots: foder, fodder, fother, fothir
References
- “fodder, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-18.
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fonder
English
Adjective
fonder
- comparative form of fond: more fond
Anagrams
- Ferdon, forend
French
Etymology
From Old French fonder and its variants, from Latin fund?re, present active infinitive of fund?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??.de/
- Homophones: fondai, fondé, fondée, fondées, fondés, fondez
Verb
fonder
- to found
Conjugation
Derived terms
- fondateur
Related terms
- fond
Further reading
- “fonder” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- fondre, fronde, refond
Swedish
Noun
fonder
- indefinite plural of fond
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