different between fond vs fondu

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

Borrowed from French fondu (“melted”).

Noun

fondu (countable and uncountable, plural fondus)

1. (printing) The graded shift from one color into another.
2. Alternative spelling of fondue
3. (ballet) Involving a lowering of the body by bending the knee of the supporting leg.

Anagrams

• Found., found

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin fundus.

Noun

fondu m (plural fondos)

1. depth

Adjective

fondu m sg (feminine singular fonda, neuter singular fondo, masculine plural fondos, feminine plural fondes)

1. deep

Esperanto

Verb

fondu

1. imperative of fondi

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??.dy/

Noun

fondu m (plural fondus)

1. fade
2. (film, video) fade

Derived terms

• fondu enchaîné

Verb

fondu m (feminine singular fondue, masculine plural fondus, feminine plural fondues)

1. past participle of fondre

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

fondu m

1. (Jersey) molten

Romanian

Etymology

From French fondu.

Noun

fondu n (plural fonduuri)

1. (film) fade

Declension