different between fond vs affectionate

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f?nd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /f?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd
• Homophone: fawned (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English fond, fonned, past participle of fonnen (“to be foolish, be simple, dote”), equivalent to fon +? -ed. More at fon.

Adjective

fond (comparative fonder, superlative fondest)

1. (chiefly with of) Having a liking or affection (for).
   • a great traveller, and fond of telling his adventures

2. Affectionate.

3. Indulgent.

4. Outlandish; foolish; silly.

   Your fond dreams of flying to Jupiter have been quashed by the facts of reality.

5. (obsolete) Foolish; simple; weak.
   • 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act IV, sc. 1:

     If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her patent

     to offend, for if it touch not you, it comes near

     nobody.

   • 1605–06, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, sc. 2:

     Grant I may never prove so fond

     To trust man on his oath or bond.

   • 1839, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Midnight Mass For the Dying Year

     The foolish, fond Old Year,

6. (obsolete) Doted on; regarded with affection.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:affectionate

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

fond (third-person singular simple present fonds, present participle fonding, simple past and past participle fonded)

1. (obsolete) To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.
2. (obsolete) To caress; to fondle.

   • The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast.

Synonyms

• (to caress): grope, pet, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle

Derived terms

• fondle

Translations

Etymology 2

From French, ultimately from Latin fundus. Doublet of fund and fundus.

Noun

fond (plural fonds)

1. The background design in lace-making.
2. (cooking) Brown residue in pans from cooking meats and vegetables.

3. (information science) A group of records having shared provenance.
4. (obsolete) Foundation; bottom; groundwork.
5. (obsolete) Fund, stock, or store.

Translations

Czech

Etymology

From French fond

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?font]

Noun

fond m

1. fund

Derived terms

Further reading

• fond in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• fond in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology 1

From French fond, from Latin fundus, from Proto-Indo-European *b?ud?m?n. Cognate with Danish bund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?n?d?]
• Homophone: font

Noun

fond c or n (singular definite fonden or fondet, plural indefinite fonde or fonder)

1. fund
2. foundation, donation

Etymology 2

From French fond, identical to the former word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?n?d?], [?f??]

Noun

fond c (singular definite fonden, plural indefinite fonder)

1. stock, broth

Inflection

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??/

Etymology 1

From Old French, from Latin fundus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?ud?m?n.

Noun

fond m (plural fonds)

1. back
2. bottom
3. fund; funding
4. foundation
5. (figuratively) basics, essence
6. background
7. (cooking) base
8. (music) foundation stop on a pipe organ

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

fond

1. third-person singular present indicative of fondre

Further reading

• “fond” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• fonjad

Etymology

fon +? -d

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fond]
• Hyphenation: fond
• Rhymes: -ond

Verb

fond

1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of fon

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin fundus.

Noun

fond m (plural fonds)

1. fund
2. bottom

Maltese

Etymology

From Italian fondo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?nt/

Adjective

fond (feminine singular fonda, plural fondi)

1. deep

   Synonyms: g?ammieq, profond

Derived terms

• fannad

Noun

fond m

1. depth (that which is deep below; the deepest part)

   Synonyms: g?amieq, profondità

2. base; bottom
3. fund

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English f?ond.

Noun

fond (plural fondes)

1. Alternative form of feend

Etymology 2

From fonnen +? -ed.

Adjective

fond

1. Alternative form of fonned

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French fond, from Latin fundus

Noun

fond n (definite singular fondet, indefinite plural fond, definite plural fonda or fondene)

1. a fund

Derived terms

• pensjonsfond

References

• “fond” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French fond, from Latin fundus

Noun

fond n (definite singular fondet, indefinite plural fond, definite plural fonda)

1. a fund

Derived terms

• pensjonsfond

References

• “fond” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fond, itself from Latin fundus. Doublet of the inherrited fund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fond/

Noun

fond n (plural fonduri)

1. fund
2. background
3. content, substance, essence

Declension

Derived terms

• în fond (“essentially, basically”)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French fond

Noun

f?nd m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. fund

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From French fond

Pronunciation

Noun

fond c

1. fund
2. backdrop; a theatrical scenery
3. ("Kitchen French") broth

Declension

Related terms

fund

• fondera

English

Etymology 1

Partly from Latin affectionatus, partly from affection + -ate. Doublet of aficionado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??f?k??n?t/
• Hyphenation: af?fec?tion?ate

Adjective

affectionate (comparative more affectionate, superlative most affectionate)

1. (of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.

   She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.

2. (of an action, etc.) Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.

   the affectionate care of a parent; an affectionate countenance; an affectionate message; affectionate language

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw an affectionate glance.

3. (obsolete) Eager; passionate; strongly inclined toward something.

Synonyms

• tender; lovesome; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent.
• See also Thesaurus:affectionate

Derived terms

• affectionately

Related terms

• affect
• affectation
• affecter
• affective
• affection

Translations

Etymology 2

Either from the adjective, or from affection + -ate (modelled on Middle French affectionner).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??f?k??ne?t/

Verb

affectionate (third-person singular simple present affectionates, present participle affectionating, simple past and past participle affectionated)

1. (rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
2. (obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
   • , Folio Society, 2006, p.21:

     Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that […].

   • 1721, John Rushworth, Historical Collections Of Private Passages of State, etc.: 1618—1629, Volume 1, page 222,

     And fir?t, his Maje?ty would have you to under?tand, That there was never any King more loving to his People, or better affectionated to the right u?e of Parliaments, than his Maje?ty hath approved him?elf to be, […].

   • 1838 February 1, Charles Dickens, To Catherine Dickens, 2012, Jenny Hartley (editor), The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens, page 41,

     Ever my dear Kate your affectionated husband

     CHARLES DICKENS

Latin

Adjective

affecti?n?te

1. vocative masculine singular of affecti?n?tus

Scots

Adjective

affectionate (comparative mair affectionate, superlative maist affectionate)

1. affectionate

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.